Tango music may have its origins in African slave drummers from Uruguay. April 12, 2013— -- If you think it's difficult to drink water while walking, or text while walking, or do anything except ...

"Drumming was something that was performed by men, it was a space that was hard for us to conquer", says Julia Urruzola, drummer of the Uruguayan all-female drum troupe, Fermina Candombe. The Candombe ...

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Candombe, a dance and choreography of strong cultural tradition among the Afro-River Plate population which was originally brought by slaves mainly to Uruguay, was declared Wednesday as belonging to ...

Every Sunday and on many holidays, the llamadas de tambores de candombe or candombe drum calls enliven the Sur, Palermo and Cordón districts in southern Montevideo, Uruguay, home to a population of ...

Montevideo (AFP) – As a little boy, Cesar Pintos -- now 86 -- played "drums" with his friends in the streets of Montevideo's black-majority neighborhoods, beating tin cans with twigs to ancestral ...

The three different drums are chico, repique and piano. Each plays a unique role during the performance. Liu Xuan / China Daily First brought by slaves to Uruguay, Candombe is now a World Cultural ...

The Candombe Jazz Sessions reflects Sabrina Lastman gift of storytelling. It does not matter if it is an improvised wordless tale, a poetic interpretation sung in Spanish or Portuguese, or her ...

“Candombe” from the African term “ka-ndombe” in the Kimbundu (Bantú- Angolan) language, means dance with drums, and is the most important form of Afro-Uruguayan folk music. Candombe is to Uruguayans ...

UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova traveled to Colonia del Sacramento today, and visited the old city, which became the first World Heritage site of Uruguay in 1995. She was accompanied by the ...

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