The last month of the year, brought pictures, sounds, emotions and thoughts of all that happened around the Candombe. Caught again, surprising. Linker men with heaven and earth, air, water and fire. Making visible the past, building the present and future, their own identity. Propeller communication, "encounters" and work to do together. Shaft resistance and claims against a globalized world, consumerism. It claims to leave no room for forms of thought and expression than those proposed. Integrating the internal with the external. The individual self to the group, community group, community to other communities. Thus is formed a large network of Candombe. Individuals, groups. Shared with other extras, other neighborhoods, reaching other provinces, other countries. And they're sharing with the wonderful, giving and receiving. Inspiring creation. The ritual, music, dance, research, writing, images, words, fantasy, love.
This brings me on 6 January in Camba Cua, Corrientes. And the Tightrope Chaco came to share with their brothers correntinos the great Feast of the traditional festival of San Baltasar, Wise Man of joy, remembrance and hope. Sharing the claim to the African roots that remained in the area of \u200b\u200bsettlement of African descent, from the colonial era. February it was ending
and Salto Uruguay were made 3 º "Port Call" with the participation of Comparsa de Buenos Aires, Cordoba and Entre Rios invited and received by the troupe "Tunguele." Sharing a Feast of Candombe night that ended on the banks of the River Uruguay with the groups Woods Rio de la Plata, MLB and Jorge Schellemberg to pure music, dance and candor. Candombe
May 25 in Toulouse. Organised with a great work by several troupes of La Plata and Ensenada making art in this "made between different groups of Candombe. Receiving more than 300 people across the country and Uruguay. Giving them room and board, organizing every detail of a warm meeting. It led to debate and to reconnect with the Candombe otherwise trying to strengthen ties between the groups. Reflecting among all how he feels and thinks Candombe "Today" this side of the shore. From go
knowledge and find this year was a big boost to this "visit" and "receive" even in neighborhoods of the city. The Mondongo of Montserrat on two occasions invited the girls from "Iyakerere" to play together. La Candela de San Telmo 5 others summoned to march in parades Call the child's day. On another occasion, the tripe was added through the streets of San Telmo at the touch of La Candela.
August was the trip that took us from Paraná, Santa Fe and Cordoba. Bringing stories of the past. Counting of the comparsa Santafesina blacks, who left in 1950. Bringing voices from this that we have different ways of "doing Candombe", "The Candombes." Finding one's identity from the history, music, nature and the ancestral offered the spot.
This is also a year in which the Argentine Candombe, like fire and drum calls us to meet with him.
And October was the "Great Meeting candombe" and contrafestejo of colonization. In Cordoba, the groups "Duendes del Parque" and "Tucumpa" organized two days of meetings, a collective of how people live and feel the Candombe today, in celebration and joy in which more than 300 people converged. And who also drums sounded in the streets of Cordoba resistance to the former jail of accused, in solidarity with the four detainees who were following the police crackdown on an event for October 12 by students of the Institute of Aboriginal cultures. After the call was made and evening ended with a choriceada where I do not miss the Candombe, rumba, Colombian cumbia and chacarera. During the same days
Paraná Contrafestejo performed the seventh consecutive year of giving a space for collective reflection on their own identity and way of resistance to what they want to impose. Candombe heard Argentine-Uruguayan Candombe is played there, with arrivals from all over the country to join the celebration.
Across the River Plate, Uruguayan brothers celebrated the first weekend in October, the Cultural Heritage Day in Uruguay, which has been running for 14 years. There were present members Comparsa "La Candela" by the hand of the MLB group, who were invited to play by the neighbor to the south, in the context of the celebrations.
rescue is interesting that organized a party to travel across the entire troupe to raise money.
On Saturday, the festivities were held in Malvin where Candombe group played MLB and made a call in the neighborhood who played extras, including "The Lulong" and "Candela de San Telmo in Buenos Aires.
Sunday took place in Barrio Sur and Calle Isla de Flores "The Call" from which paraded Cuareim 1080, the Jacinta, La Catorce, String Eijido and La Candela de San Telmo, which closed the desfile.Fue very exciting for the members of "La Candela" to be in tremendous celebration, be received, share with neighbors, street parade through the historic island of Flores, where calls are made in Montevideo. The troupe, changed the route to stand in front of where was the "Middle Conventillo world" cradle of Candombe in Uruguay and power through touch and dance to convey what this place inspires and means. Followed by a word of Tama River, sister of the legendary Lagrima Rios, contrary to what it meant to her there and they are playing there. The day concluded with a touch with members of several troupes marching to the House of Southern neighbor.
Parts of what happened. Remain anonymous every situation that generates Candombe, proposes and enforces. December we received the third call Candombe in San Telmo on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 with a day together and talk together.
year ends, the Candombe not.
Text: Mara Padilla
Photos: Candombe May 25 Tolosa, La Plata.
Photos: Fiesta de San Baltasar, Corrientes
