Chamamé for Dummies
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There is a traditional Andalusian dance, the vito, inspired by the “St. Vitus dance,” a name given to Huntington’s disease for centuries. Symptoms of this disease…
Theme: Dance
The Nu LatAm Sound
Inside underground Peruvian discothèques, a duo known as Animal Chuki forms part of that sound inherent to the Latin American flavor and groove that they carry in their blood. In a hot…
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Afro-Peru
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For over three centuries, streams of people, the smoke of incense, and the sounds of horns, bells and hymns have filled the streets of Lima in late October. Each year tens of thousands of Peruvians pay homage to a fresco of a crucified Christ painted by a 17th-century Angolan slave…
Fiestas Madriguayas
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I’m writing this story from the neighborhood of Barrio Sur in Montevideo, Uruguay. The lively pulse of the candombe drum reaches me from the streets. This Afro-Uruguayan rhythm…
Bolivians in Argentina
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In 2007, while living in Brazil, I decided to take a short trip to Argentina to attend the Festival of Independent Film (BAFICI) held every April in Buenos Aires. I looked forward to …