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Showing Original Post only (View all)Danza Colombia: Trayecto Pacfico [View all]
Danza Colombia: Trayecto Pacífico - 1. LibertadCostumbres como los rituales de sanación de mal de ojo y espanto nos llevan a aquellos pueblos del margen del río Timbiquí donde aún se conservan hábitos que fueron heredados por generaciones y que tienen su origen en Africa, lugar de donde proviene no solo la raza sino muchos de los conocimientos y tecnologías que hoy hacen parte de nuestra cultura. Lugares como este, alejado y selvático revelan ciertas tradiciones que se han sabido guardar como lo es el baile del Bambuco viejo, una danza que nació entre hombres y mujeres esclavizados en el siglo XVIII en el Cauca y que es madre de muchas danzas del pacífico como lo son el currulao, la bambara o la moña. Sin embargo estas comunidades se ven amenazadas por la explotación minera; de la misma forma que las comunidades que habitan las montañas del norte caucano (Suarez, Buenos Aires) y del sur del valle del río cauca ( Robles, Puerto Tejada, Villa Rica y Santander de Quilichao). Sus habitantes, campesinos y pescadores se liberaron del yugo esclavista gracias al manejo profesional de su machete, técnica de defensa que se llamó la Esgrima y que usaron los hijos de esclavizados para participar en las batallas libertadoras y contribuir con la independencia del país. Hoy estas prácticas se han fusionado con manifestaciones danzarias del pasado como los torbellinos y revelan las maneras del afrocolombiano del siglo XIX. El pasillo, el bambuco viejo, los torbellinos: caucano o de calle, así como los bailes improvisados de las jugas que acompañan los toques campesinos de violín en las verbenas o fiestas de adoración navideñas, nos permiten reconocer un mundo rico en expresiones, que requiere de la danza y el baile para respirar libertad y olvidar las penas; que se enseña de generación en generación y que pervive como testimonio de una raza que siempre ha sido libre de pensamiento, creadora al máxime y alegre a pesar de su dolor.
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Dance Colombia: Pacific Journey - 1. Freedom
Customs such as healing rituals for the evil eye and fright take us to those villages on the margin of the Timbiquí River where habits inherited from generations still remain, with their origins in Africa, a place where not only the race but many of the knowledge and technologies that are now part of our culture come from. Places like these, remote and wild, reveal certain traditions that have been kept alive, such as the dance of the Old Bambuco, a dance that originated among enslaved men and women in the 18th century in Cauca and is the mother of many dances of the Pacific such as currulao, bambara or moña. However, these communities are threatened by mining exploitation; in the same way as the communities that inhabit the mountains of northern Cauca (Suarez, Buenos Aires) and southern Valle del Cauca (Robles, Puerto Tejada, Villa Rica and Santander de Quilichao). Its inhabitants, farmers and fishermen, were liberated from the slave yoke thanks to the professional management of their machete, a defense technique called Esgrima, which the children of slaves used to participate in the liberating battles and contribute to the country's independence. Today, these practices have been fused with past dance expressions such as torbellinos and reveal the ways of the Afro-Colombian of the 19th century. The pasillo, the Old Bambuco, the torbellinos: from Cauca or from the street, as well as the improvised dances of the jugas that accompany the peasant violin music at the festivals or Christmas worship parties, allow us to recognize a world rich in expressions that requires dance and movement to breathe freedom and forget sorrows. It is taught from generation to generation and survives as testimony of a race that has always been free of thought, creative to the maximum, and joyful despite their pain.
Dance Colombia: Pacific Journey - 1. Freedom
Customs such as healing rituals for the evil eye and fright take us to those villages on the margin of the Timbiquí River where habits inherited from generations still remain, with their origins in Africa, a place where not only the race but many of the knowledge and technologies that are now part of our culture come from. Places like these, remote and wild, reveal certain traditions that have been kept alive, such as the dance of the Old Bambuco, a dance that originated among enslaved men and women in the 18th century in Cauca and is the mother of many dances of the Pacific such as currulao, bambara or moña. However, these communities are threatened by mining exploitation; in the same way as the communities that inhabit the mountains of northern Cauca (Suarez, Buenos Aires) and southern Valle del Cauca (Robles, Puerto Tejada, Villa Rica and Santander de Quilichao). Its inhabitants, farmers and fishermen, were liberated from the slave yoke thanks to the professional management of their machete, a defense technique called Esgrima, which the children of slaves used to participate in the liberating battles and contribute to the country's independence. Today, these practices have been fused with past dance expressions such as torbellinos and reveal the ways of the Afro-Colombian of the 19th century. The pasillo, the Old Bambuco, the torbellinos: from Cauca or from the street, as well as the improvised dances of the jugas that accompany the peasant violin music at the festivals or Christmas worship parties, allow us to recognize a world rich in expressions that requires dance and movement to breathe freedom and forget sorrows. It is taught from generation to generation and survives as testimony of a race that has always been free of thought, creative to the maximum, and joyful despite their pain.
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Amazing, and beautiful. Also, love the wonderfully crafted wooden instruments.
Judi Lynn
Aug 2023
#5
Excellent video. Beautiful. Thank you, and thank you also for adding the translation. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Judi Lynn
Aug 2023
#4
Outstanding video, throughout. So beautifully created, performed, photographed.
Judi Lynn
Aug 2023
#6