Smithsonian Folkways Artist Cantadoras del Pacífico perform at 2009 Smithsonian Folklife Festival

The marimba is a vivid legacy of African presence in Latin America. But only on the Pacific coast of southern Colombia and northern Ecuador does it keep its close connections to a strongly African culture. Hailing from small towns along the Colombian coast, the seasoned women singers of Cantadoras del Pacífico raise their voices to the accompaniment of marimba and drums, performing their distinctive styles of music known collectively as currulao. Here, they perform the piece Mirando.
Cantadoras del Pacífico can be heard on the Smithsonian Folkways album "iArriba Suena Marimba! Currulao Marimba Music from Colombia by Grupo Naidy". To learn more about it and marimba music in Colombia visit http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=3113
Smithsonian Folklife Festival: http://festival.si.edu/
Smithsonian Folkways: http://folkways.si.edu/

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[MARASALVATRUCHA199]

la marimba......el piano de la selva.

[melissanenitanice]

vivaaa el pacifico colombianooo

viva el currulaoooo

[julianmca]

@gatuna6666 Señores ecuatorianos, esto es Colombiano papa!!!!!! quedense con sus bombas y sanjuanitos

[julianmca]

@gatuna6666 esto es Colombiano papa!!!!!! quedense con sus bombas y sanjuanitos.

[NESTA0086]

im from buenaventura i just got back last weeeek n loveddddddddd it i miss it ...now in brooklyn u kno im going back

[niecey788]

Bueno musica!!! Me enata!!!

[gatuna6666]

que Viva la provincia de Esmeralda Ecuador con su linda marimba!!!

[libroapocrifo]

Güepa HP!!!! Arrechera Pueblo!!!!

[malatestotavidea]

Que bueno!!!

[dph6k123]

The Cantadoras del Pacifico (the women singers) decided to start their own group.