House of Pleiades

Come and join a celebration of cultural diversity and unity using music as a medium. You'll hear a blend of music incorporating blues, jazz and soul with African, Asian and Polynesian rhythms.

We are a group of musicians who come together under the name of "The House of Pleiades" to create a blend of music incorporating blues/jazz/soul and african/asian/ polynesian rhythms. We are from different cultures and nationalities. Our underlying philosophy is to create an environment that helps to break cultural barriers using music and dance as a medium.

Concept behind the name:
We wanted to use a name that had universal cultural significance. Pleiades was attractive for 2 reasons.

1) In ancient times most cultures were aware of the star cluster and had corresponding mythology related to it, It is known under many different names, Matariki: New Zealand Maori, Subaru: Japanese, Mao: Chinese, Khuseti: Africa, Kilimia: Swahili, Persian: Neith, Makara: Australian Aboriginal, Krittika: India, At thuraiya: Islam

2) It was attractive because of the genealogical ties maori have with Pleiades (Matariki) and other star systems.

The House of Pleiades is a conceptual house. It is built of four walls representing the four winds. The house also represents a woman's womb or in a broader sense, the womb of humanity, hence it is the perfect environment to create unity through the coming together of communities, cultures and ethnic groups using music and dance as a medium. Along each wall are pillars representing each cultural group and beside each pillar are the instruments pertaining to that culture. Every culture on earth are represented hence all cultures are welcome within the House of Pleiades.
The only requirement needed to enter the house is that you share your history and story with everyone else.

For more info and video clips go to www.youtube.com/houseofpleiadesnz

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