Tamborito drumming and Yin Carrizo
1/2. Lucy Duran explores music in Panama City and the Azuero peninsula. She discovers Tamborito drumming, Musica Tipica and 鈥淒ecima鈥 music and tries her hand at Salomas (yodeling).
In the first of two programmes Lucy Duran explores music in Panama City and the Azuero peninsula. She discovers Tamborito drumming, Musica Tipica and 鈥淒ecima鈥 music and tries her hand at Salomas (yodeling).
Through talking to Dorindo Cardenas, Gustavo Salamin and Yin Carrizo she sees the importance of music in every day life in Panama, from its religious and festival significance to how it takes on political meaning.
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Tamborito drumming in Panama City
Duration: 06:10
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The Panama Canal
At the Panama Canal Lucy presents a Tamborito group from the forest.
Duration: 05:46
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The Darien folkloric ensemble / Tamborito group
Agua del Canal ("the water of the canal")
Tamorito Music and the players
Lucy learns about the origins of Taborito and the performers.
Duration: 06:00
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The Darien folkloric ensemble / Tamborito group
Romero Santo
Tamborito drums
Lucy describes the log drums used in Tamborito.
Duration: 04:30
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The Darien folkloric ensemble / Tamborito group
Rompera
A Decima
Three musicians from the Azuero peninsula rehearse a decima.
Duration: 03:50
Music Played
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Edgardo Lopez and decima musicians
"Panama" (Decima)
Mejorana
Virtuoso Gustavo Salamin talks about the Mejorana, a small 5 string guitar.
Duration: 10:11
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Gustavo Salamin
Mejorana demonstration
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Gustavo Salamin
"Gallino" (roster) torrente / Mejorana demonstration
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Gustavo Salamin
Mesano torrente / Mejorana demonstration
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Gustavo Salamin
Mejorana torrente
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Gustavo Salamin
El festival de Guarare
Yin Carrizo and Viva Panama
Yin Carrizo, Panama's great accordianist, performs his famous tune Viva Panama.
Duration: 07:34
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Yin Carrizo
Viva Panama
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Yin Carrizo
Lucy
Panamanian yodeling
Lucy tries a strange kind of Panamanian countryside yodeling technique called 鈥淪alomas鈥.
Duration: 03:47
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Salomas yodelling singers
a song about rubbish collection
Dorindo Cardenas and musica tipica
Dorindo Cardenas performs and discusses "musica tipica".
Duration: 08:05
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Dorindo C谩rdenas
a musica tipica song
Musica Tipica on the radio
Lucy hears musica tipica on the radio, on her way to catch a flight to San Blas Island.
Duration: 01:22
Broadcasts
- Sat 27 Apr 2002 13:00成人快手 Radio 3
- Sat 6 Sep 2003 13:00成人快手 Radio 3
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