Culture Connects at PRIMEYARC, Great Yarmouth, will be a day of events on the Saturday 22nd of October, that will involve FREE workshops, talks, visual arts and music centred around cultural healing, wellbeing and community.    

Culture connects to healing and recovery through creativity, spirituality, ritual, dreams and the power of words. Our culture will live on as long as our stories are told and our knowledge transmitted constantly through oral tradition for evolving, storing, and transmitting knowledge, art, and ideas. Reconnecting with our culture and ancestral roots today can help us find our sense of belonging in a world that can make us feel alienated, othered and alone as we attempt to weave stories together and recognize ourselves in them. 

Living in a community that rejects aspects of your culture – such as identity, beliefs, or sexual orientation – can have negative impacts on your wellbeing. If you live where the dominant culture is different from, or lacks tolerance to your own cultural heritage, or you have parents from different cultural backgrounds, you may experience some conflict around your cultural identity.

Being disconnected from your cultural heritage can lead you to question who you really are and where you belong, however connecting with culture can have a positive impact on your sense of belonging and identity – and in turn, on your mental health and overall wellbeing.