OLODUM

OLODUM....

A Samba-Reggae-Axe(Ah-Shay in Portuguese) ensemble from Brazil, and one of my favorites.

Hope you enjoy them.

FROM NARIN:

Olodum is an internationally acclaimed Afro-Brazilian cultural group from Bahia, Brazil. Olodum (pronounced oh-lo-doon) was founded in 1979 as a bloco afro (African Bloc), a Bahian Carnival association highlighting African heritage and black pride through music, dance theater, and art. From their home city of Salvador da Bahia in Northeast Brazil, Olodum has dedicated itself to cultural activism in the struggle against racial discrimination and socioeconomic inequality.

On stage Olodum takes its name from the Yoruba deity Olodumaré. In the mid 1980s, the head drummer in the group (Mestre Neguinho do Samba) experimented with Afro-Caribbean rhythms and mixed them with the Brazilian samba. He divided the large surdo bass drums into four interlocking parts and layered the high-pitched repique drums in additive rhythms on top. The result was a new style of music dubbed samba reggae that quickly dominated Bahian Carnival.

During Carnival season the group now parades with some two hundred drummers, singers, and thousands of costumed members. But the group's activities go well beyond Carnival and music. Throughout the year they sponsor seminars, speeches, and conferences on social and political issues and publish a monthly news journal, Bantu Nagô. They operate a factory where they make drums, costumes and other items which they sell to the public. Olodum also runs an inner-city school for Salvador's underprivileged children in which they teach a full array of academic and arts courses in order to build self-esteem and encourage economic ascension among Salvador's younger generation.

http://www.narin.com/olodum/

I would also like to add that Olodum is considered to be one of the best percussion groups in the world. They have even been invited to play at the Montreal Jazz Festival, and with the New York City Philharmonic Orchestra.

Also, the drums they use are custom built by them.

Not bad when you consider the fact that they are from one of the most impoverished "Hoods" in Brazil.

SAMBA-REGGAE: TUDO BEM!!!

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[windandsoul]

Nice!

[1Cactusprick]

@windandsoul - Thank You very much. If you have a few minutes, be sure to read about Olodum in the "show more" section.

[Mokolatee]

VIVA BAHIA....MEU AMOR

[1Cactusprick]

@Mokolatee - MUITO, MUITO OBRIGADA! BOA NOITE !

[1Cactusprick]

VIVA BAHIA !

[Veluma13]

Cactus,

Muito Bom!!! Axé. *****************

[1Cactusprick]

Obrigada.....

Muito !!!

[vandafbezerra]

UM BOM BALANÇO!

OBRIGADA CACTUS AMIGO

PELA PARTILHA.

ABRAÇOS.

[starcraftrocks1000]

lol you guy's are all perverts

[fermos11111]

great tits