Aurelio Martínez is a Honduran Garifuna singer-songwriter. To our uneducated ear, he sounds like an Afrobeat Bob Dylan with elements of surf guitar and something with the feel of Calypso. Aurelio is a leading voice of the Garifuna people, speakers of the last living Indigenous Carib language. There is a vibrant Garifuna community in Crotona Park East, The Bronx. Aurelio … [Read more...] about Aurelio Martínez & The Garifuna Soul Band Sing Folkloric Jazz for the World Music Institute at Le Poisson Rouge
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Central American Independence Parade & Festival 2019
The Central American Independence Parade and Festival is a Honduran Garifuna parade and street fair in Crotona Park East, The Bronx on the second Sunday of September. It celebrates Garifuna culture and Honduran Independence Day, September 15, 1821. The event also commemorates the arson fire at the Happy Land social club, where nearly one hundred people died celebrating … [Read more...] about Central American Independence Parade & Festival 2019
AfriBembé Festival 2019
A traditional bembé is a Yoruba religious festival of drumming, dancing and singing meant to connect individuals and the community with the ancestors and divine energies. In the time of slavery, Africans in the Americas came from different tribes so we often couldn't speak with each other, but everyone understood the drum. Back in the day in The Bronx and El Barrio, the … [Read more...] about AfriBembé Festival 2019
Garifuna Collective & Wabafu Garifuna Dance Theater
Garifuna Collective and Wabafu Garifuna Dance Theater join forces for a free SummerStage show (with dance lessons) at Crotona Park in The Bronx on Friday, August 2, 2019 from 6-9pm. FREE Afro-Caribbean Music and Dance Where there is music, there is dance and where there is dance, there is music. Where people are truly alive, there are both. Just two days ago, I spent … [Read more...] about Garifuna Collective & Wabafu Garifuna Dance Theater
Lincoln Center Out of Doors 2019
July 24 - August 11, 2019 LINCOLN CENTER & CONCOURSE, THE BRONX ~ Lincoln Center’s summer festival includes African, Cuban, Dominican, Honduran, Indigenous, Jewish, Mexican, Peruvian, Puerto Rican, & Spanish music, dance, film and word for FREE … [Read more...] about Lincoln Center Out of Doors 2019
Central American Independence Parade & Festival Honduran Garifuna
The Central American Independence Parade & Festival in Tremont, The Bronx, marches from the Happy Land Fire Memorial at 10 am to the Central American Independence Festival in Crotona Park on Sunday, September 9, 2018 where the Festival runs until 6 pm. The Parade celebrates Honduran independence from Spain on September 15, 1821. It also commemorates the arson fire at … [Read more...] about Central American Independence Parade & Festival Honduran Garifuna