Tales of the Tea Leaf - Tea Lounge Remixed

Tea Art is an ancient tradition, where the sharing of tea is used as a vehicle to share beauty. Music, dance, poetry, calligraphy, atmosphere, heart & presence - all guided by the spirit in the leaves - alchemize to transcend normal reality, revealing the subtle essence between yin & yang. CulCha Collective combine traditional arts of China with a modern USA hiphop performance to bring the audience into the magic of the moment. A night of tea ceremony, mystic performance, and DJ sets for everyone to dance to.

Ubud tastemakers and tea connoisseurs, the CulCha Collective, takeover the tea table for a night of puerh drip and hiphop performance. Step back in time to ancient China and the tradition of “tea art”, where sages and scholars gathered around the tea pot to indulge their senses. They drank fine tea in an exceptional atmosphere, sharing cultural conversation while absorbed in the finest music and dance performances.

This art-form lives on in the CulCha Collective - with a modern twist. The old instruments have become NRYN’s turntables, the ancient poetry reimagined in Kamau Abayomi’s hiphop freestyles, and the calligraphy has morphed into graffiti. Tea-master Faye Jie steps from behind the tea table to exhibit the traditional dance of China, remixed with kung fu from the city streets.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

CulCha Collective is a crew of tea servers, musicians, dancers, healers and ceremonialists. They create tea art, weaving traditional arts with modern methods. Their vision is to co-create new spiritual culture each time they gather, a culture that can unite people across any perceived division. Their intimate Speakteasy Sessions began during the pandemic, bringing a refined-yet-stylized way to commune with community using tea and music. Their visionary hip-hop explorations in the Tea Lounge Remixed are unique beyond possible replication, and their zen-style Quan Yin Tea Temple events present live guqin, Chinese poetry, and traditional Chinese dance.

Tickets: https://megatix.co.id/events/tales-of-the-tea-leaf-tea-lounge-remixed-dec18