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Omar Mutidi, Jr - April 2022 Youth Culture Bearer of the Month

View Omar's video interview HERE.

 

Omar Mutidi, Jr., is a third-grader at the Pearl B. Larsen PreK-8 School on St. Croix. He preserves V.I. culture through the moko jumbie art form, which he was exposed to as a young child during his time with the Ase Moko Jumbie group directed by culture bearer, Valrica Bryson. Omar is also skilled in the pan arts, which he learned from his grandfather, Noel Wynter, Sr., a master pan artist and instructor.

Wendy Wynter, Omar's mother and Lew Muckle Elementary School teacher, promotes pan arts in public schools and is the organizer of Lew Muckle's pan orchestra, where Omar performed for many years.

When he is not at school, Omar devotes most of his time to the moko jumbie art form. He made his first public performance as a moko jumbie during the 2021-2022 Christmas season, following the completion of his training with the Guardians of Culture Moko Jumbies, led by culture bearer and retired educator, Willard John. Through Mr. John, Omar learned the physical and spiritual virtues of the moko jumbie arts.

Today, Omar is an active member of his community, taking part in a variety of performances and cultural activities as a Moko Jumbie Ambassador.

The Virgin Islands Department of Education's Youth Culture Bearer of the Month initiative seeks to raise awareness of the many students within the Territory’s schools who are practitioners of Virgin Islands cultural and traditional art forms.   

 

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