Session 55 - Presentation of the Corporation are Bata and the musical and cultural event of the Bantu group
CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS
COLOMBIAN PRESS
No. 55 November 6, 2010
SOFOS Group is pleased to invite you to the Presentation
Corporation and Bata are cultural and musical act Bantu group, as part of the cycle: CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS COLOMBIAN, Whither Colombian society?
Corporation are Bata was born four years ago with the idea of \u200b\u200battracting young children and art to remain engaged in preventing armed conflict. Its leader, Andres Felipe Medina, was killed four months ago. It is a cultural and musical collective born in the bowels of the Comuna 13, one of the most troubled of Medellin and maybe do more social work requires the city to repair its tissues.
With the group, many young people have found the way, because they make the heart beat and is dreaming of the future, unlike many boys of his generation who are starting now, disenchanted of life. It is based in New Conquistadores, a kind of palisade filled alleys and mazes in which they walk up and down mothers, youth and kids of both sexes of features Afro-Colombians.
says John Jaime Sanchez, soul and nerve of these people, that every child so they can attract and put it to play an instrument is a tremendous achievement, motivate kids not to fall in the armed conflict, showing that music There is an option. Today, more than 80 boys to seven bands integrated dance theater, and a hotbed of 150 youth and a training-oriented music professionals.
In our meeting SOFOS, they're going to count and musically interpret their dreams. That dream of merging into a single song, flute and African rhythms, with the rap of the streets and break dance. And that dream most of the fighting are now Batá: That instead of shooting in the streets is heard singing. That instead of going to funerals, people crowd to dance with the shawm. Instead of weapons at his waist, back, hanging each boy take a drum, a drum, a trumpet ...
The initial presentation will be provided by JHON JAIME SANCHEZ MOSQUERA student of Planning and Social Development of the Institution University College of Antioch, founder of the Afro-Colombian movement BEAT SON of Comuna 13 in Medellín, founder and leader of the network of HIP-HOP group of Comuna 13 in Medellín "The Elite HIP-HOP", promoter of the network of youth organizations in the Comuna 13 in Medellín "Bridging Dreams , director of short films like "Five Pa thirteen", "Cause and Effect of Palenque", "Memory, image and what follows", is a member and manager of the group of African artists in the Comuna 13 in Medellín ARE BEAT and ex-youth councilor of Medellin.
Held Otraparte House Museum - South Cra 43A No 27A -11 - Envigado
Date: Saturday, November 6, 2010 - Time: 2:00 pm, with free admission.
For additional information may contact us by email gruposofos@gmail.com. In the blog http://gruposofos.blogspot.com may check the schedule, the methodology and the presentation of the group. Or contact the Museum Otraparte: Phone: 276 14 15-335 25 01 - E-mail: otraparte@otraparte.org
- Website: www.otraparte.org
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