BoomPaTum performed at the TomTom Festival Block Party
On Friday, April 18th, 8-9p.m. We’ll opened a circle on the Charlottesville downtown mall on the corner of Rapture Restaurant.
This performance explored the Afro-Latin roots of genres like tumba, bullerengue, and salsa, creating a space to experience our inner warrior side with Maculelê and recovering the passion of Samba de Roda, originating from Bahia, Brazil.
Songs: Opening with Vem Caboclo / Mama Necesito Auga / Mondongo / Quimbara
Thank you everyone who came out to dance and sing and and have fun with us,! This immerse Boompatum experience embraces a new way of being together that strengthens community, with the ancient practice of the co-creative.
Boompatum is a multicultural art collective that offers live art through circle work. The group began as a group of friends who got together to play music. It continues as a way to gather and create music together in a circle. The doors are open to those who want to join!
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More about Mama Agua Necesito
Bullerengue is a dance, song, and musical rhythm of African origin that is practiced on the Colombian and Panamanian coasts. It is a cultural expression that mixes indigenous, African, and Hispanic elements.
Characteristics
- It is characterized by being a sung dance.
- It is accompanied by percussion instruments.
- Female voices often predominate over instruments.
- It is organized in circular rounds.
- Women are the main voices.
- History and meaning
- It originated from the rituals of the palenques.
- It is called bullerengue because of the noise made by Afro-descendant communities when they gathered to dance.
- It is a way of processing pain and death, while weaving historical memory.
- It is an expression of the cosmogony of the community.
- Rhythmic variants Bullerengue sentao, Chalupa, Fandango de lengua.
- Festivals
- The National Bullerengue Festival is held in Puerto Escondido, Colombia.