40 giant buffalo puppets to parade through Brooklyn this Saturday

Created by artist Amir Nizar Zuabi in collaboration with Lakota and Lenape elders, "Return of the Buffalo: Tatanka Owe Akupi" features 40 giant puppets accompanied by over 250 performers. The procession begins Saturday at 2 p.m. at Abolitionist Place and concludes around 4:30 p.m. in Brooklyn Bridge Park. The event, produced with St. Ann’s Warehouse and BAM, reflects on the historical slaughter and contemporary recovery of the buffalo.

The route includes several stops in Brooklyn Heights for musical and spoken-word performances. Highlights include the Brooklyn United Marching Band leading the herd onto the Promenade, actor Sam Waterston reading Walt Whitman at the Promenade, and a performance by Heather Christian on a Montague Street stoop. The event is free to the public and serves as a symbolic portal uniting ancestral history with the modern urban landscape.

Summary by Dispatch AI — read the full story at Brooklyneagle.