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Let's move on to the northern desert region on the Caribbean in yellow called the Guajira. Home of the largest native American and Muslim community in Colombia.
Vallenato: The Germans brought the accordion when they founded the city of Riohacha on the northernmost point of mainland Colombia bordering the Guajira desert. The genre fashioned from this instrument became known as Vallenato.
La Hamaca Grande
Genre: Vallenato
Composer: Alfredo Pacheco
Composition: 1969
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The closest thing to Vallenato is probably the Chouval Bwa from Martinique although both genres were created independently from each-other.
There are four main sub-genres of Vallenato; Paseo (most known), Son (slow tempo), Puya (fast tempo) and Merengue (mid-tempo).
Vallenato music is declared UNESCO world heritage.
The people of the Colombian desert, the Wayuu, were never conquered by Spain and always had a certain level of autonomy over their lands throughout the colonial period.
Great pics PF. I really like Vallenato music and would like to visit the Caribbean region of Colombia, specially Cordoba.
Cordoba is known for Porro (not what your thinking ), it's a musical variant of Cumbia. I'll get to Cordoba when I hit the Sabanero sub-region of the Caribbean.
Interesting Fact
The Wayuu people have a really strange set of instruments, with a lot of wire & "boing" sounds just like the Mapuche in Chile, this instrument is called trompe or trompa. Ironically the Mapuche wer the one other Native American people on the continent that didn't allow themselves to be conquered by Spain.
Washe Wayuu
Modern Fusion with a bit of Washe Wayuu..
Jiggy Drama ft. Martina LP
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), it's a musical variant of Cumbia. I'll get to Cordoba when I hit the Sabanero sub-region of the Caribbean.
