Columbian Drumming with dunun-ish drum

[dleufer]

This traditional drumming from Colombia doesn't look or sound dissimilar to djembe and dunun stuff and the dance is also very close. There's even a drum which looks similar to a sangban.

[e2c]

Nice clips. The troupe's called Candela Viva.

And after all, it's Afro-Colombian drumming there... But I think it's important to be careful about nomenclature and comparisons. I don't know enough about Afro-Colombian percussion to be able to comment, but have read some stuff in the past... and am aware that there is some crossover in terms of the record trade (i.e., African recordings making it to Colombia and sparking new developments in Colombian music).

There's a very good blog on the topic - in Spanish, though. (Don't have the URL handy right now, either.)

See this, though (or rather, listen!) - http://www.soundwayrecords.com/catalogu ... enque.html



As far as the similarities might be concerned, well... check Cuba, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Brazil etc. etc. etc. There are lots of drums in all of those places - especially drums used in religious rituals - that come from various parts of West and Central Africa... though afaik, none from the djembe regions. (More along the lines of parts of Congo, Angola, Nigeria, Benin etc.)

[e2c]

here's the blog: http://acbia.wordpress.com/

Might require some poking around, but it's well worth the time...

[e2c]

[Mikeleza]

Great stuff there!

[e2c]

This is good, too: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/18/world ... .html?_r=1