Sunday Specials

In keeping with the exhibition, we are organising a series of nine Specials. Each of these Sundays has an afternoon programme involving an educational lecture, a creative workshop as well as a musical performance.

On the programme

The lectures, workshops and musical performances on the same day can be followed separately. The lectures and creative workshops are intended for adults.

Please note: the programme and scheduled times are subject to changes. The lectures and workshops will be held in Dutch.

Date	Lecture 12:00 - 13:00	Creative workshop 14:15 - 16:00	Musical performance 13:30 - 14:00
5 Sept	Myths and rituals	Stamping with Aztec symbols	Musical performance
26 Sept	Tenochtitlan: living in the lap of luxury	Decorating with feathers	Musical performance
31 Oct	Communicating with the dead	Decorating sugar skulls	Musical performance
7 Nov	Excavations	Making an Aztec flute	Musical performance
28 Nov	The Aztec writing system	Colours in Mesoamerica	Musical performance
12 Dec	Mayas, Incas and Aztecs	Back to the source: Cocoa	Musical performance
9 Jan	Aztecs and Dutchmen	Back to the source: Tortilla	Musical performance
30 Jan	The Solar Calendar	Aztec calendar on amate paper	Musical performance
13 Feb	Pulque: the cactus drink steeped in tradition	Fermenting	Musical performance

About the musical performance

How music and dance started - An Aztec legend

With their performance, the duo of Edoardo Ramos and Osvaldo Padrón Pérez deliver an interpretation of an ancient Aztec legend. The story was recorded in the 16th century by Spanish missionary Fray Gerónimo de Mendieta who spent a big part of his life in Central America. With replicas of ancient instruments, the sumptuously attired storytellers takes the audience on a journey to ancient Mexico, in an interactive performance in which the members of the audience are both spectactors and participants.