Colombia: The Nature of Culture!
For the sixth summer season, Radio Bilingüe’s Línea Abierta team goes to Washington, DC’s National Mall to bring to the national airwaves and the worldwide web the festive sounds of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival.
This year, the festival features a program highlighting some of the best cultural traditions of Colombia, including basket and cloth weaving from the Andean Highlands, leather crafts from ranches in the Orinoco Plains, and performances from community rituals and celebrations in the Momposino Flood Plains.
The program, entitled Colombia: The Nature of Culture, will feature Colombian artists and performers who represent unique cultural traditions from the Andean Highlands, the Amazon Tropical Rainforest, the Pacific Rainforest, the Southeastern Plains, the coffee lands of Caldas, and from the cities of Bogotá, Cali, and Medellín.
Live Broadcasts
Radio Bilingüe will broadcast ten hours of musical
concerts combined with interviews with artists, performers, and festival
organizers.
The following regional musical traditions are planned
for broadcast:
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Tambora, dance and singing with percussions
from the
Mompóx region,
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Chirimía music from the Colombian Pacific
Coast,
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Ceremonial performances from the Amazon,
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Cantadoras de alabados, Afro-Colombian
music from
Chocó
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Carranguera music from the Andean villages,
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Bandola music from the coffee heartlands,
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Llanera music from the plains of Eastern
Colombia.
Schedule
Thursday, July 7th, 3 PM – 5 PM Eastern Time, talk shows on Línea Abierta
Friday, July 8th, 3 PM – 5 PM Eastern Time, talk shows and music concert. Click here for complete info and audio!
Saturday, July 9th, 5 PM – 8 PM ET, Three hours of musical concerts
Sunday, July 10th, 5 PM – 8 PM ET, Three hours of musical concerts
The special programs will air live and tape-delayed on
a timely basis via Satélite Radio Bilingüe. The specials will also be available
online via webcast, podcast and audio-on-demand archives on Radio Bilingüe’s
website: www.radiobilingue.org. The series will also be available on the PRSS’s Content Depot.
Producers/Fundors
PRODUCERS: Radio Bilingüe is producing this series in partnership with the Smithsonian Institution. Additional collaborations include community stations WRTE-FM in Chicago, and KPOO-FM in San Francisco, CA.
FUNDORS: The National Endowment for the Arts, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, The James Irvine Foundation and the Ford Foundation.
For more information, contact María de Jesús Gómez at chuyag@radiobilingue.org, or 559-455-5782.
