The Band Bringing Venezuela’s Best Dance Party to the World

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The Band Bringing Venezuela’s Best Dance Party to the World

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6 жыл бұрын

El Clavo is a small village in Venezuela with a proud musical heritage. There, Afro-Venezuelans-many of whom are descendants of slaves brought from Africa-continue a cultural tradition known as “parranda.” Part community jam session, part dance party, parranda is a festive performance that involves rhythmic percussion and singing. El Clavo’s lead vocalist Betsayda Machado is a renowned singer throughout Venezuela. She and her band have been given the opportunity to bring their traditional dance music on tour to North America and Europe. We caught up with them in New York City to get lost in the endless rhythms of parranda.
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@haebalagi969 6 жыл бұрын

I'm so proud!! As a venezuelan, i remember doing parrandas every december 24th, we go around the houses of the neighborhood singing and bringing joy, i love this!

@d.strassler9080 3 жыл бұрын

Venezuela has intake so many different peoples and cultures from West Africa, Europe, East Asia, the Middle East and North America. I love it, I myself am a Venezuelan of Swiss German ancestry.

@remietaylor5043 6 жыл бұрын

it’s so beautiful to see people of african descent everywhere with so many different cultures. it’s also kinda sad when u think about how they got there too

@andresponte1320 2 жыл бұрын

But i am glad they got there. We wouldn't be the same.

@flamingflesh5976 6 жыл бұрын

Her voice is so powerful 💕🙌

@MartinTabanag 6 жыл бұрын

powerful and full of art and passion!

@MartinTabanag 6 жыл бұрын

this music and culture are so amazing! i just wanna travel more and learn and discover and actually meet these amazing group of talented and passionate people. i would love to film them and document! that would be the dream

@zauraskerov2024 3 жыл бұрын

Love from Azerbaijane 🇦🇿💖💖💖

@itisbecauseiwanttooooo3877 3 жыл бұрын

Yes me encanta la musica afro venezolana me encanta vailar con las hallacas en una mano y un ponche en el otro viva venezuela

@haebalagi969 6 жыл бұрын

i'm so proud i'm crying

@Aunee11 6 жыл бұрын

You guys never compromise with the quality! That's what I really adore.

@BigerBoy 6 жыл бұрын

“Parranda “ lo usamos mucho en Puerto Rico 🇵🇷

@thebridge5483 5 жыл бұрын

The Afro world must rise

@michaelregis1015 Жыл бұрын

Parranda sounds very similar to Parang from my country (Trinidad).

@pauladams1814 6 жыл бұрын

Love the music

@Skankbeater 6 жыл бұрын

VENEZUELA

@teddyfallujah9763 4 ай бұрын

Finding their "Oh Santa Rosa " ❤️🥹 gem 💎 music

@mermaidlover362 6 жыл бұрын

Wonderful video as always!!

@govindarajr3801 3 жыл бұрын

Music song and video good 🚦🚦🚦

@lindah.p.7506 6 жыл бұрын

I want to work for GBS so bad

@MartinTabanag 6 жыл бұрын

me too! i've been doing this kinds of short docs on my own to practice and make myself better

@lindah.p.7506 6 жыл бұрын

That's so awesome dude, keep making yourself the best you can be! I believe in you!

@MartinTabanag 6 жыл бұрын

Linda H.P. Thank you Linda! I hope you do as well. You should practice and make videos on youtube.

@yasminroberts9841 6 жыл бұрын

This is very similar to parang in Trinidad

@clopezferrer 5 жыл бұрын

Parranda=Parang. Trinidad was part of Venezuela when we were both Spanish colonies. It's the same music as evolved it the continent.

@ismaeelshareef3446 6 жыл бұрын

1:59 the looks like gta carl

@cryptodanny9669 6 жыл бұрын

Sevo

@kncflx 6 жыл бұрын

3rd commenter

@fernandoamaral3905 6 жыл бұрын

Terms such as "afro-venezuelan"don't exist in Venezuela and are actively fought against. There are no "race-venezuelan" just Venezuelans. Please use the correct terminology when speaking about different countries. Unlike the US we don't subdivide ourselves into petty fighting groups. Thank you very much. -Somebody from Venezuela

@melavzla 5 жыл бұрын

but it is good to aknowledge our african roots, we have never denied it, for us venezuelans is just being venezuelan, this type of music is not exclusive to african descendents in Venezuela, we all love it, we all dance to it, and identify with it, but it is a way to aknowledge our african roots as well... but I like what the singer said "it is our mixed of indigenous, spanish and african" that is our core.

@clopezferrer 5 жыл бұрын

BS. As an AfroVenezuelan it is very clear those lines do exist. I was denied service and treated like shit in many places when I younger. Even my father as a Member of the National Parliament had to endure this kind of situations. This is not to mention job opportunities or social life (for instance, as a highly educated Venezuelan black man looking for a similarly educated partner I've dated Italians, Argentinians, Bolivians, Russians, Georgians, Ukrainians, and married an Iranian woman, only one Venezuelan-Dutch girl was ever open to a relationship with me). As Eudomar Santos said: "You have to be black to know that there's racism in this country".

@mambelelembambe4255 2 жыл бұрын

@@clopezferrer This is African music, 100%. The instruments, the musical structure is African, and only people of African descent can honestly claim its heritage. I saw a group of Venezuelans playing this sort of music in Texas, and not a single one of them was a black man. They were playing before a very large crowd of white people, who were not doubt very happy that other white people were playing such beautiful music. I also saw many black African groups playing traditional African music, and many white people would just walk away.

@carlosabreu2411 Жыл бұрын

@@mambelelembambe4255 this is not 100% african the maracas an other instruments are of native indian origin and the furro is of Spanish-moor origin, the rythm is west african yeah but white Venezuelans dance to this during parties and christmas, it seems like white people in Africa are a bit boring, love africa and my african brothers from venezuela

@nistaffsubs6787 Жыл бұрын

That's Rigth in Venezuela never Talk about skin color , as usa and Europe socialist marxist ,Chávez started to divide population by skin color calling to racism and make figth each other ... By Race , by how.mich Money you have , by polític status , etc ... Socialism marxist imported from russia ...