Artist Name La Sardina de Naiguata		Street Date 6/19/2012		UPC 093074055823
		Selection Title ¡Parranda! Venezuelan Carnival Music		Label Smithsonian/Folkways		List Price 16.98
				Format CD A

Label Description

Venezuela's Caribbean coastal town of Naiguata is home to 1 of that country's most celebrated Carnival musical traditions. In the 70's, trumpeter Ricardo Diaz augmented the local legacy of Afro-Caribbean drumming traditions w/ brass, electric bass, keyboard & women's chorus to create La Sardina de Naiguata, the musical group that drives the town's annual cycle of public celebrations, including Carnival, Corpus Christi & St. John the Baptist. !Parranda! brings us the contemporary, joyous sounds of the pre-Christian rite of "burying the sardine" to promote an abundant harvest of fish & crops.

Track Listing

•  1. Abran la puerta [Open the Door] (calipso)
•  2. Parranda callejera [Street Parranda] (parranda)
•  3. Volvere [I Will Return] (fulia)
•  4. Pajaro amarillo [Yellow Bird] (parranda)
•  5. Guayana es [It?s Guayana] (calipso)
•  6. Potpourri ?Ali Primera? [?Ali Primera? Medley]
•  7. Tambores de Naiguata [Drums of Naiguata]
•  8. El pilon [The Corn-Pounder] (parranda)
•  9. Flor de loto [Lotus Flower] (vals)
•  10. Potpourri del gallo pinto [Spotted Rooster Medley] (fulia)
•  11. Rio Manzanares [Manzanares River] (parranda)
•  12. Bandido [Bandit] (calipso)
•  13. Carmela (fulia)
•  14. Potpourri ?Sabor a navidad? [?Taste of Christmas? Medley]

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