Photos, links and more about Afro-Peruvian music, dance, culture

Ok, so you might think that if no one knows about Afro-Peruvians, and Afro-Peruvian music and dance, well, maybe there's a good reason.

WRONG!

First of all, in browsing the web, we've come across some interesting links, travel journals, videos and other material about Afro-Peruvians and their music and dance.  Below, for example, is a link to a selection from a travel journal of a couple who decided to travel around the world (literally) and brought along their video camera.  Since one of them is a writer, and obviously one of them has an eye for photography, it's worth checking out.

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Carlos Lopez/Cimarrones have kindly agreed to let us use this photo of Jesus Lopez dressed for a special Afro/Peruvian event called the Hatajo de Negritos.

 In addition, on YouTube we found a treasure trove of photos of Afro-Peruvians (and other peoples and other places) posted by Hugeaux (Hugo R. Miller).  He has 99 videos on his site, most or all of which are moving images of his photographs, with music behind them.  On the subject of Afro-Peruvians, here are two of them but you might want to take a look at his large collection.  (And by the way, he also has a blog that is his travel journal;  it's address is on the YouTube presentations, so I won't add it here unless someone asks me.)

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Hugeaux has promised to let us use some of his photos in our documentary, A Zest for Life:  Afro-Peruvian Music & Dance, but since we don't have the photos yet, I don't want to count my chickens before they hatch.  Will keep you informed!

This photo that Daniel Moore is allowing us to use shows the very famous Afro-Peruvian music and dance master, Amador Ballumbrosio (recently deceased).

And then, two people who HAVE sent us photos for the documentary are also on the web:  Daniel Moore, and Carlos Lopez of the Afro-Peruvian organization Cimarrones.

Here are THEIR web sites:
Daniel Moore  (who runs a travel agency) LINK
Carlos Lopez and Cimarrones LINKhttp://www.cimarrones-peru.org

I've found lots more links, including to some fabulous music and dance, but this is enough for now.

OUR NEXT BLOG will be about recording a CD of flamenco cante by Antonio de la Malena.