Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Marimba from Ecuador
Here's a bit of Afro-Ecuadorean music. This is the marimba from Esmeraldas, a province on the northwestern coast of the country. I'd be curious to see how this compares to marimba in Mexico or Central America. The group is called AZUCAR - La Fundacion de Desarrollo Social y Cultural Afroecuatoriano (www.azucarafroe.com) and is based in Quito. In 2006, they received a grant from the Inter-American Foundation:
"$191,350 over three years
AZUCAR will conduct activities that recover Afro-Ecuadorian history and culture and promote their value, encourage the interaction of African descendants with people of other ethnicities and improve well-being." (from the IAF website)
- Hillary
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Hillary, I am so glad you did post this video. Image and sound quality are quite good and I've always wanted to hear this music. Musical styles and overall instrumental setting in some Mexican marimba traditions are very different. The instrument itself is different. You can hear a bit in this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3If2Cv4gRVg (raquel)
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