El Vuh To Perform @ South Central Farmers’ Farmchella Festival @ Buttonwillow Farm On Sat, June 12

June 9, 2010 - PRLog -- Los Angeles (MF): Musical Group El Vuh has announced they will be joining a cast of environmentally prolific performers at South Central Farmers’ Farmachella Festival to inaugurate the historic ground breaking of the new Buttonwillow Farm on Saturday, June 12.  Open 5:45 am to 10 pm.  Admission is free, all ages welcome, donations encouraged.

Longtime advocates of subsistence agriculture and organic living, the eco-lyricists El Vuh and a slew of other artists will be joining the farming community at the Farmchella Festival to celebrate the inauguration of the new SCF Farm in Buttonwillow, CA .  The festival will kick off with a traditional Native American blessing of the land in the form of a sunrise ceremony and will be highlighted by Congresswoman Maxine Waters’ inducting of the new water facilities.   The festival will also feature tons of musical entertainment, workshops, food, a children’s activity area, and vendors.

Other perfomers to include:

Aztlan Underground: www.myspace.com/aztlanunderground
Quinto Sol: www.myspace.com/quintosol
Rebel Diaz: www.myspace.com/rebeldiaz
Olmeca: www.myspace.com/olmeca
Pachamama: www.facebook.com/pages/Pachamama-estela/75042606422?v=info
Fe: www.myspace.com/fe8
Blackfire: www.myspace.com/blackfirerocks
Guerrila Queens: www.myspace.com/guerrillaqueenz
L@s Cafeter@s: www.myspace.com/sonlascafeteras
La Santa Cecilia: www.myspace.com/lasantacecilia
Earthstonez: www.myspace.com/earthstonez
Farmlife: www.myspace.com/farmlife1

The South Central Farm was an urban farm and community garden located at East 41st and South Alameda Streets in South Central Los Angeles, which was in operation between 1994 and 2006.  At 14 acres, it was considered one of the largest urban farms in the United States. The farm was sold in 2004, and the farmers were evicted in 2006 when the farm was bulldozed and destroyed.  Since the destruction of the garden, the South Central Farmers have been politically active and have gathered supporters in politics, higher-learning, entertainment, and abroad.  They consist of approximately 350 families of moderate means from the neighboring community. They are a self-governing organization.  All roles taken by members exist solely to fulfill a need or set of needs to continue the healthy life span of the farm. On the farm, women fulfilled a majority of the roles from accounting to that of lot monitors.

El Vuh (http://www.elvuh.com) is a hip hop trio out of Los Angeles, California whose name is derived from the Spanish (El) and Mayan (Vuh) languages meaning “The Book”.  Comprised of emcees Zero, Victor-E and E-RISE, they have a clear goal: to awaken the minds of humanity through ancient Maya knowledge and a fusion of traditional Mexican sounds and hypnotic hip-hop beats.  Using their songs as a vehicle for expressing personal views on today’s environmental, socioeconomic and political climates, El Vuh takes their work beyond positive and into the mystical, as the group spreads a message of love and hope regarding the popular Dec. 21st, 2012 Mayan prophecy and the restoration and saving of our planet .      

   
El Vuh at Farmchella Festival @ Buttonwillow Farm                                    
1.4 miles West of the intersection of the West Side Canal and Buttonwillow Dr, on the South Side of the West Side Canal.  (signs will be posted)                                                        Buttonwillow, CA 93206      

http://www.southcentralfarmers.com  
http://www.elvuh.com