Even as stores, houses, and buildings are filling up with Christmas paraphernalia from the floors to the rafters, Carnaval groups have started practicing. For Carnaval. Which happens in March.
And so comes the resurgence of Cumbia, a type of music/dance I've had a mixed relationships with ever since my very first Carnaval and reign as "Princess" at my school, where I cumbia'd, dressed in the traditional dresses, in front of like, a thousand people...numerous times. (I may have mentioned a few times that in spite of living for two years in the land of Shakira, my hips aren't yet truthful...)
Anyway, coastal Colombia claims to have "invented" Cumbia, and whether or not that's true, here it is showing up on NPR!
So here's some Cumbia from around the world. The very first track sounds very much like what Cumbia sounds like here...although we like to incorporate a particularly piercing reed flute into the mix as well.
I got excited, and thought that I'd share. Fun quick listen!
http://www.npr.org/2013/11/10/
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