Tango music may have its origins in African slave drummers from Uruguay. April 12, 2013— -- If you think it's difficult to drink water while walking, or text while walking, or do anything except ...

Montevideo, Dec 8 (EFE).Montevideo, Dec 8 (EFE). — Uruguayans celebrated the African roots of their urban culture with drums and colorful costumes over the weekend in a “candome” parade through the ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Teatro IATI presents a very unique concert with the very best of South American ...

Candombe, a dance and choreography of strong cultural tradition among the Afro-River Plate population which was originally brought by slaves mainly to Uruguay, was declared Wednesday as belonging to ...

On this installment of World Cafe's Latin Roots series, music producer and singer-songwriter Rachel Faro discusses an Afro-Uruguayan style of Latin music called Candombe. Separated by a river from ...

The art of expressing a variety of Afro-Indian grooves with rhythmic jazz drum artforms which embodies a deep precision in rhythmical counterpoint between the cultures and merging into a modern world ...

Montevideo, Feb 9 (EFE).- Drums, flags and dancing launched the first night of the traditional Llamadas parade, the highlight of the Uruguayan Carnival, which this year began with a special show to ...

Afro-Uruguayans have contributed to the construction of Uruguay as a consequence of enslavement. They have set up important organisations such as Mundo Afro to lobby the national government to ...

Historically, the Afro-descendant presence has been erased. The Afro-descendant population is a group that came to our country at the beginning of the Spanish conquest and has remained here until this ...

64 64 people viewed this event. 15th Anniversary concert. Canada’s first and only Candombe band will perform their drum based Afro-Latin grooves fused with blues, funk and rock. 9 pm. $15.