Human Rites is an audio-costumed spectacle including improvisational movement, dance, percussion, crowd interaction and interruption. Based on the Guaguanco` spiritual and rhythmic tradition of Afro-Cuban culture, the artist intends to stir up energy of the snake: eroticism, death and re-birth, transformation and the re-creation of the self in service, ultimately, of community. Interruption is essential to the task of being an artist in this era since society is so easily distracted and informed by popular culture. Within this construct, Raw's performance serves to remind of one’s own mortality, one’s spiritual link to humanity and universal law.