Candombe in Buenos Aires

by Venetia Featherstone-Witty

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Candombe in Buenos Aires

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Venetia Featherstone-Witty

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Photograph - Photographs

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This is a Candombe group performing in the barrio of San Telmo in Buenos Aires, Argentina.Candombe is an Uruguayan music and dance style originating with African slaves. It is considered an important aspect of the culture of Uruguay and was recognized by UNESCO as a World Cultural Heritage of humanity.To a lesser extent, Candombe is practiced in Argentina and Brazil. In Argentina, it can be found in Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, Parana, and Corrientes. According to George Reid Andrews, the historian of Montevideo Black communities, after the middle of the 19th century younger blacks in particular abandoned the candombe in favor of dances from Europe such as the mazurka. Meanwhile, whites began to imitate the steps and movements of blacks. Calling themselves Los Negros, upper class portenos in the 1860s and 1870s blackened their faces and formed one of the carnival processions each year.
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