Aainjaa
Aainjaa is a Colombian sambareggae drum group from Bogotá . The group fuses Colombian, Brazilian and African samba rhythms in a dance performance.
history
Founder Homero Cortés (* 1985) lived in Barcelona for a few years , graduated from high school and studied art. When he returned to Colombia in 2013, he founded the Aainjaa project with 25 people. The name means creation in the Wayuu language . In addition to the group, a training center for music and dance was established in Bogotá, so that more than 1000 people have now been trained in music. The Aainjaa group itself has performed worldwide, mostly at world music festivals.
style
The group, which performs street parades like stage performances, merges Colombian, Brazilian and African rhythms. Funk and Afrobeats can also be heard. The classical sambareggae percussion from surdos , caixas , repiniques , timbas and chocalhos serves as the instrument . The pieces are performed as a dance and in some cases supplemented with the voice or even screaming. The drummers are uniformly dressed and are occasionally face-painted. The proportion of women is unusually high.
Individual evidence
- ↑ La mente detrás de la Batucada más grande de Colombia at plazacapital.co. Retrieved August 14, 2020 (Spanish)
- ↑ Columbian Musicians do Awesome at seeitlive.co. Retrieved August 14, 2020 (Spanish)