A Glimpse of Peruvian Culture
On Thursday morning before the long weekend, students enjoyed a rare treat. De Rompe Y Raja, headed by Marina LaValle and Daniel Zamalloa, came to the Crystal stage to educate our students...
...about Peruvian dance and music traditions. This group, consisting of 5 musicians and 3 dancers, is part of "the De Rompe y Raja Cultural Association, a cultural organization that promotes and preserves the legacy of Afro-descendants from coastal Peru. It was founded in 1995 by Peruvian musicians and dancers in the San Francisco Bay Area."*
Students were invited to come up to the stage to learn some basic drumming rhythms played on a traditional instrument that looks like a rectangular box with a hole cut in the middle named the Cajon. They were also fascinated by the Quijada, which is an actual donkey jawbone that is either "shaken as a rattle or scraped rhythmically with a stick."* View photos>>
*Source: http://worldartswest.org/main/edf_performer.asp?i=23
*Source: http://worldartswest.org/main/edf_performer.asp?i=23