THE SOUND

OF THE

SOUTH PACIFIC

COLOMBIAN

By

ANGÉLICA REBOLLEDO PÁJARO

• Chitiá Manager

• Economics from the University of Cartagena.

• Specialist Ludica Pedagogy and Cultural

Development of Los Libertadores University

Foundation.

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The jungle,

mangroves and rivers

reveal the legacy of

our ancestors.

A Musical Instrument of

African

origin in the Colombian Pacific

symbolizes:

faith, love, patience, unity

and things.

African Instrument:

Balafon

Countries: Mali,

Costa de Marfil and Burkina Faso.

Route in Colombia were:

Valle del Cauca,

Cauca and

Nariño

In front of Pacific Ocean

From the sixteenth

century to the

present.

The sounds of

the drum,

timbales and

xylophone

connect us with

the world.

Percussion

vibrations running

through the blood.

Musical Ensemble

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Children and Youth

have a great

responsibility.

CAN YOU TELL ME,

WHAT IS THE

SPECIFIC NAME OF THIS MUSIC?

ITS

NAME

MEANS

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Love of our

nationality,

communion,

freedom and

respect.

MARIMBA OF

CHONTA

MUSIC

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In 2010, Unesco declared

Intangible Heritage of Humanity

to

the Marimba Music and Popular

Songs Colombia South Pacific.

ABOUT US

VIDEO

Available at:

http://www.youtube.com/user/MEDIOVISUAL?feature=watch

Song: Comadre MayeyaSocavón Group

Dynamic

Corrinche• Take a handkerchief.

• Sing and dance with the

audience attending the festival.

Song: KileleBahía Group

Web: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0wGEtxQe-k

Festival of Traditional Music of the Pacific

Petronio Álvarez

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In the photographs:

Alicia Castilla and family.

Agrupación Semillas Africanas.

English Education

Centro Colombo Americano

Photography:

Chitiá Team.

Marimbas PalmaChonta.

Music:

Grupo Bahía.

Grupo Socavon.

Advice:

Hugo Candelario

González.

Angélica Zapata Payares.

Papa Mady Coulibaly

(Senegal).

Adriana Cabrera

Mosquera

Reference

Fundación Cultural,

Artística y Musical José

Antonio Torres Solís

Gualajo

Bibliography

• Colombia de Fiesta. Fundación Bat. Circulo de Lectores.

• Entrevista al Rey de la Marimba.http://elpueblo.com.co/entrevista-al-rey-de-la-marimba/

• Red de Formadores Musicales del Pacifico Sur. http://formadoresmusicalespacificosur.com/antecedentes

• Marimba de Chonta de Guapi (Guapi - Cauca).http://vimeo.com/21798992

• Música de marimba y los cantos populares del Pacífico Sur de Colombia.http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/index.php?lg=es&pg=00011&RL=00436

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