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for kids
for adults
CHILDREN ARE THE FUTURE
We believe education is power. We celebrate with pride our Latin roots, and we’ve been sharing Cumbia with children across all five boroughs of New York City — in partnership with Midori and Friends, The Berkeley Carroll School, USDAN Summer Camp, the American Dream School, and others.
Creemos que la educación es poder. Celebramos con orgullo nuestras raíces latinas, y hemos compartido Cumbia con niños y niñas en los cinco distritos de la ciudad de Nueva York — en colaboración con Midori & Friends, la Berkeley Carroll School, el campamento de verano USDAN, la American Dream School, entre otras organizaciones
didactic concert
Book a didactic concert with La Manga!
A musical performance designed with pedagogical/educational purpose where kids learn about Afro-Colombian and Indigenous instruments, rhythms and cultural manifestations like Cumbia, Gaita and Bullerengue by
using body percussion, and sing in spanish while connecting with Latin American Culture.
Draw your “Rueda”
A musical performance designed with pedagogical/educational purpose where kids learn about Afro-Colombian and Indigenous instruments, rhythms and cultural manifestations like Cumbia, Gaita and Bullerengue by
using body percussion, and sing in spanish while connecting with Latin American Culture.
Rueda means “circle”
in this activity children learn about how communities in Colombia
gathered in a rueda to sing, dance and play music. They draw their own rueda adding each of the traditional drums we play: Tambor alegre, Tambora, llamador and maracas. It 's an observation activity.
for adults
Welcome to Dani’s (musical director) YouTube channel, where you’ll learn Colombian percussion in a simple, accessible way. I created this space nine years ago to share the ancestral knowledge generously passed down to me by elders like Emilsen Pacheco, Petrona Martinez, Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto, and Martina Camargo and communities in Puerto Escondido, San Martín de Loba, San Jacinto, Ovejas, Montería, and Barranquilla. Colombia’s Caribbean region is incredibly rich and diverse, yet many people—inside and outside the country—don’t know these traditions or how to play rhythms like cumbia. My vision for this channel has always been to give everyone, musicians and non-musicians alike, access to the music I’m most passionate about.
EXPLORE!
You will find videos in English and Spanish. I recommend you start with this video:
FOR ADULTS: PRESENCIAL
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