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Elyla

Torita-encuetada

    RELEASE

    2023-09-01

    BUGET

    N/A

    LENGTH

    10 min

    Description

    In the single-channel video performance Torita-encuetada (2023), Elyla engages in an anticolonial ceremony that evokes liberation from oppression through a fire-lit ritual inspired by the Nicaraguan cultural tradition of toro encuetado, where a bull-shaped frame filled with fireworks is carried through a festival during a ritualistic dance.

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