- Worldlines from Samba de Lata: I'LL TAKE YOU THERE! ▶
HOW DOES THIS WORK? In human society there are between Samba de Lata and you and most everybody else 6 or fewer degrees of separation. Human society is a small world network.
THE MATRIX is a small world network too. Within it — via worldlines which branch and spread like the world-girdling arboreal canopy of a rainforest risen in Bahia — Samba de Lata is in potential reach of almost every human being on earth.
Who's taking you???
- Outgoing curation by: The Artist
Who I Am & Where I Live
- Name: Samba de Lata
- City: Tijuaçu, Bahia
- Country: Brazil
My Life & Work
-
Bio:
Tijuaçu is a village in Bahia, founded by runaway slaves and located in the sertão, the arid region beyond the Recôncavo (the lusher region around Bahia's Bay of All Saints, largely dedicated to raising sugarcane; it was from these plantations that slaves would run away into the interior).
During a particularly bad drought the women of the village would walk to area farms in search of water, bringing it back in large kerosene cans. It was on these walks they began utilizing the cans as drums, and singing. From this: samba de lata (can samba).
The northeast of Brazil is an area of people devoted to tradition, and this one has been kept alive by the children and grandchildren of the original practitioners.
My Media
- ▶ Website: http://www.sambadelata.com
