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AROUND THE YEAR 2008 CELEBRATION OF SAN BALTASAR. CURRENT 2009

drums throbbed to the rhythm of Candombe by San Baltasar
The devotion to tradition and still remain alive in the crowded neighborhood. The celebrations began on Friday and ended yesterday, with gifts distributed by the Wise Man to the youngest kids. The procession with the image of the employer was held on the waterfront of Corrientes.

A fire lit and drums ringing awoke yesterday in the neighborhood Cambá Cua, the ancient traditions of dance and candombe to remember at the time the patron saint, San Baltasar. The infectious rhythm, firecrackers and African dance celebrations began on Friday under the trees in Punta Tacuara, which ended yesterday, at the end of this year, with Holy Mass, procession and a party to the sound of patches pay tribute to the "Black King."

instrumental richness and spirit led on Friday, minutes before midnight, the cultural expression of the rhythms of Afro-Uruguayans, characteristic of the more traditional black tribute of the Magi. As usual, we developed the "little dance to San Baltasar", guarded by the presence of several statues of the saint belonging to different families of Capital. A column of dry twigs fanned the flame that illuminated drums group "Tightrope," Resistance from - who started the first tunes for celebrations in the promenade of Punta Tacuara. This year the organization opened a representation of the traditional dance of the black painted on the wall next to a snippet of the song "Camba Cua, Osvaldo Sosa Cordero. "It's a strong tradition in our family to celebrate this party with dancing and drumming, history and customs around San Baltasar are an important part of our lives and try to keep alive this tradition, "said Gabriela Caballero, together with his family, organized every year by his holy celebration employer. The drums call encouraged the African ladies dancing, Gabriela, Gladys and Soledad, who danced around a dozen drums for several hours did not stop ringing. "Three years ago we participated in this celebration, this is the second year that we invited the Caballero family, we are happy to keep this beautiful tradition," said Norberto this medium (55), percussionist and member of the group. Comprised of about 20 people, "Tightrope" tries to stay true to the music records from Uruguay. "There are many styles, but there is no authoritative studies of the different rates because there are no records, there only remained the Afro-Uruguayan style and tradition," said Norberto. A Tradition Since a couple of years, San Baltasar managed to have a mass "exclusive", ie outside of the traditional liturgy of the Three Kings. So yesterday at 21, held a Mass in honor of the little saint in the chapel candombe Mary Help - Pius XI.

This was followed by a procession of Coast General San Martín, candombe accompanied to the "Ermita", located in the park Cambá Cua (by street San Luis). Osvaldo Caballero takes care two figures of the saint, a locust and a cast, he sent specially constructed to keep the ceremony so often lived as a child. Today, his entire family is actively involved in organizing the party and work for the dissemination and investigation of the Afro in Corrientes. "San Baltasar has a great feature, because he is a trustee of the district. Camba Cua name can not be separated from the name of the saint, "said Caballero days ago at a portal. Finally, San Baltasar distributed gifts at the manger Correntino located in the Paseo Punta Artisan Tacuara.

Source: Journal Epoca - Corrientes, January 7, 2009.