Sunday, August 31 2008, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Where: Yerba Buena Gardens
Experience a wild ride through the diverse world of Brazilian percussion. Carnaval styles feature large drum-based ensembles such as samba-batucada and samba-enredo from Rio de Janeiro, maracatu and coco from the Northeastern state of Pernambuco, and samba-reggae from Salvador, Bahia. Smaller ensembles include samba de mesa/pagode from Rio de Janeiro and the traditional samba de roda from Bahia. The stage will also be graced by the sacred rhythms from Candomblé de Ketu, an Afro-Brazilian religion that cultivates Yoruba deities, the Orixás. To round out the afternoon of drumming, there will be an exhilarating demonstration of the Afro-Brazilian martial arts dance, capoeira. Co-presented with California Brazil Camp.
Internationally known teacher-performers include:
Samba from Rio and Candomblé
Jorge Alabê
Percussion and Vocals for Samba from Rio
Jason Stanyek and Brian Davis, Carlinhos Pandeiro d' Ouro, Moyseis Marques
Northeastern Styles, Maracatu and Coco
Jorge Martins, Scott Kettner, Cacau Arcoverde
Samba-Reggae, Samba de Roda
Marcio Peter, Wagner Albultre
