Music World - extra - Yerba Mate with Mariano

I've decided to create little features between episodes of Music World called "extras." These will take you further into the culture of the region I'm exploring, beyond the music alone. In the first Music World extra, I'm with Orquesta Astillero bandoneon player Mariano González, learning the steps behind the preparation of mate, a regional tea.

As seen in Episode 1 of Music World, mate is a ubiquitous tea in the Buenos Aires region. I went to Mariano's apartment specifically to learn about the bandoneón, a segment which we'll see in the coming weeks, but we also went into his kitchen to see how he prepared yerba mate, step-by-step. Please enjoy, and do try to procure some mate of your own.

This extra was shot by Alejandro Diez using Erik Braund's Canon 5D Mark II with Canon 24-70mm f/2.8 lens. Audio was captured using a Rode VideoMic.

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by Oresti Tsonopoulos

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[Breizh07]

the most treasured thing my daughter just brought back to UK from her travels in South America-  her MAte cup, and several bags of yerba mate

love the music from this band too.... incidently.

x

[orestimusic]

@Breizh07 ha! mate is fantastic, no? thanks for checking out the video.

[gauchotube]

jajajaj, enseñando a los gringos como cebar un mate.... buenísimo...

[orestimusic]

@gauchotube genial no?

[orestimusic]

@gauchotube genial no?