Check out this video I found on youtube. The great Pupy Insua, a Cuban expat who has been on this side of the Gulf for over 10 years at this point. He has danced with all of the major NY groups, Puntilla's Nueva Generacion, Los Afortunados, Ilu Aye, Oriki Omi Oddara, etc...
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Thursday, April 23, 2009
El Tambor Llama - 4.25.2009
City Lore ¡EL TAMBOR LLAMA! Sacred Drumming Traditions of Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Puerto Rico Saturday, April 25, 2009 Hostos Community College/CUNY
This program will look at the connections between Afro-Cuban, Afro-Dominican, and Haitian sacred drumming traditions and some of the other cultural expressions connected to them. The day-long program would feature a keynote speaker, dance and music performances of the three traditions, panel discussions of scholars discussing the languages—poetic and ritual—of the three cultures, and the Congo heritage in the Caribbean, and an exhibit of the line drawings common to all traditions. PROGRAM 1:00pm, Keynote address 2:00-3:45pm, Panel discussion 4:00-5:45pm, Panel discussion 7:30-9:30pm, Concert All day long in the lobby there will be an exhibition of artwork related to these traditions by José Orbein, Kesler Pierre, and Osvaldo Sánchez, as well as books for sale. Admission for the concert: $15 (all other events are free) For more information please call City Lore at 212-529-1955 x306 or emartinez@citylore.org. Subway direction to Hostos Community College: #2, 4, 5 stop right there at 149th St. & Grand Concourse. Funding provided by National Endowment for the Arts, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, The Sherman Foundation, New York State Council on the Arts and New York Council for the Humanities. |
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Alma Moyo @ Camaradas 4.23.09
ALMA MOYO
playing Bomba de Puerto Rico, from the sounds and rhythms of our ancestors
THURSDAY APRIL 23RD 2009
9:00 PM
$5 ADMISSION
CAMARADAS, EL BARRIO
2241 FIRST AVENUE, 115TH STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10035
" When you don't have community, you are not listened to. You don't have a place you can go to and feel that you really belong. You don't have people to affirm who you are to support you in bringing forward your gifts. This disempowers the psyche, making you vulnerable to consumerism and all the things that come along with it."
Sobonfu Somé, Dagara people West Africa
With that said we realize that community, "true community", is a necessity that we can not afford to live with out. So come out and join in celebration with your community and if you are not yet part of this great community, the African Caribbean Community, become part of it by dancing to the sound of Puerto Rico's oldest living African tradition "La Bomba" with New York City's most Incredible Bomba group Alma Moyo.
We will be celebrating at
Camaradas Bar & Restaurant (115th street & 1st Ave.)
Thursday April 23rd at 9pm. $5
Sobonfu Somé, Dagara people West Africa
With that said we realize that community, "true community", is a necessity that we can not afford to live with out. So come out and join in celebration with your community and if you are not yet part of this great community, the African Caribbean Community, become part of it by dancing to the sound of Puerto Rico's oldest living African tradition "La Bomba" with New York City's most Incredible Bomba group Alma Moyo.
We will be celebrating at
Camaradas Bar & Restaurant (115th street & 1st Ave.)
Thursday April 23rd at 9pm. $5
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