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About the EventEVENT SCHEDULE + SPONSORS & COLLABORATORS
9:00 am - 10 am - Breakfast, Music & Information, including:
Tamales, atole, coffee, and biscochitos (while supplies last)
Music by local musicians
Information tables about cultural events, public, and resources
10 am - 10:45 am - Welcome & Opening Remarks, including by:
Center for Social Sustainable Systems (CESOSS)
South Valley Acequia Association (SVAA)
Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District (MRGCD)
Atrisco Land Grant
Bernalillo County (BernCo)
City of Albuquerque (CABQ)
10:50 am - 12:00 pm - Blessing + Danza, including:
La Danza de los Comanchitos
Blessing of the Water
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm - Acequia Walk & Talk
Led by Santiago Maestas, President of the SVAA
Limited spots, reservation required--reserve here
12:30 pm - 3:00 pm - Free Feast & Community Gathering
Pozole, tacos de carnitas, rice, beans, salsa and cold cota tea prepared by Cleo's Blue Corn Kitchen. (While supplies last)
The food, including two honored "matanza pigs" from Jaramillo's Custom Meat in Valencia County, is donated by the Utton Transboundary Resources Center, of the UNM School of Law
Music by local musicians
Bring your water containers, friends, and family to join in honoring the sacred waters that bring life to our fields, gardens, and neighborhoods.
This is your acequia! It has sustained our community for generations. You are invited to help shape its next chapter. Come learn how and share what you’d like to see at the Acequia Madre site.
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Event Venue
Headwaters of the Acequia Madre 3901 Central Ave NW, Albuquerque, NM 87105-1641, United States
Tickets
Concerts, fests, parties, meetups - all the happenings, one place.
