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Enjoy 4 Latin Events In Prague
The capital of the Czech Republic becomes the most Salsera in Europe during the month of love and friendship
Every month Prague becomes the center of the Salsero movement in the country. Latin music clubs are currently open, a traditional festival is scheduled to take place at the end of February, and a piano concert with a Venezuelan artist will take place on Monday 21st. So, continue reading this article created especially for you and find out about the details of each event related to Latin music.
La Bodeguita Del Medio
The most emblematic Restaurant / Bar in Havana (Cuba) located in “The City of One Hundred Towers” for two decades keeps its doors open and its hours this month.
La Bodeguita del Medio is designed in the colonial style of 20th century Havana and at the bar, in addition to the mojitos, you can also try more than 150 types of short and long drinks. Regarding the menu (in Spanish) you will find the typical Havana specialties, as well as seafood, fish, vegetables, and a variety of meat. Also, you can attend every day at noon and enjoy the European international menu.
This Restaurant/Bar features a live Cuban band (usually trios) and performances by Latin dancers every night. La Bodeguita del Medio is located at Kaprova 19, 1 10 00 in the Old Town, Prague.
La Macumba
Every day (except Sundays) is a day of continuous festivities lasting eleven hours, and the cost of entry is around five euros.
Saturday nights are more crowded, so it is recommended to go before 11:00 PM to dance on the dance floor with a large space. Also, to order your favorite cocktail you don’t need to know the national language because the waiters are Cuban and speak Spanish.
To attend La Macumba it is recommended to dress casually and not to carry excess belongings. The recommended minimum limit to have fun inside the bar is two hours due to a large number of activities, the best DJs in Prague mixing the greatest hits of Latin music (DJ Alejandro, DJ Chocolino, DJ Lázaro, DJ Mário, and others), Theme parties with programs and demonstrations several times a week, and various instructors who teach fans and enthusiasts to move to the rhythm of Salsa. This bar is located at Štefánikova 230/7 150 00 Prague 5-Anděl, Czech Republic. So, enjoy La Macumba in the month of love and friendship.
Prague Bachata Festival 2022
Prague Bachata Festival was created together with Bachata Souls (Pavel & Eli), two professional dancers who stand out in this Dominican rhythm. This Latin festival will take place from Friday, February 25th to Sunday, February 27th after a two-year break due to the pandemic. Here you will have the opportunity to enter the international dance scene in the Czech Republic, as well as meet new friends and gain progress in the current level of dance.
Prague Bachata Festival 2022 will take place at the Olympik Hotel, and the Full Pass is around 142 euros. There will be five international couples that will show their execution and perfect mastery of dance in shows and workshops with the combination of DJ Alejandro (Spain), DJ Husky (Israel), and DJ Dim5nsions (United Kingdom) doing their best mixes. Prague Bachata Festival 2022 is preparing this event for you.
Gabriela Montero In Concert
Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero is one of the most virtuous Latin women of classical piano. This exceptional artist has great improvisational skills and has performed with the world’s leading orchestras including New York, Los Angeles, Royal Liverpool, Rotterdam, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestras, the Canadian National Center for the Arts Orchestra, and many more.
This famous pianist released her most recent album “Latino” in the fall of 2019, and also she got the Latin Grammy for Best Classical Music Album for her first orchestral composition “Ex Patria”.
Gabriela Montero will offer a classical piano concert this Monday, February 21st at 7:30 PM, and you have the opportunity to enjoy it at the Rudolfinum located in Alšovo nábř. 12, 110 00 Josefov. This cultural center dates back to the 19th century and has concert halls, an art gallery, and exhibition spaces.
Latin America – January 2022
Latin Parties With “Sabor” In Vienna
Austria turns its capital into the most Salsera in Europe this first month of the year
Every year Vienna (Capital of Austria) becomes the center of the Salsero movement of the country and Central Europe. International festivals of the genre, dance academies, and Latin music clubs are found day by day with greater frequency. For this reason, today, I will inform you of four Latin events that will take place this month in the Austrian territory so that you can start with Sabor in January 2022.
Cuban Salsa Weekend
Billie’s Studio brings one of Vienna’s most fancy Cuban Salsa festivals in its tenth edition. These are two days of large workshops adapted to the level of each dancer or Salsa lover. Its classes vary in style, going from partner work to the rhythm of Timba to New York On2, Son, and Rumba style.
The Afro-Cuban movements will also be developed in the multiple levels of these workshops as well as the dance in Rueda and the like, expanding in this way to the maximum the skills and techniques of the Salseros movements always hand in hand with the musical key.
Even if you are a beginner or a professional dancer, the environment will always be enthusiastic due to the master classes of each of the trained instructors led by the Cuban dancer Osmani Segura.
This dance professional was born in Havana (Cuba). From an early age, he got into dance and was a member of several dance companies on the Caribbean island, which allowed him to perfect each of the Afro-Cuban rhythms such as Rumba, Mambo, Casino, and others.
He began teaching dance lessons in 2002 in his native country and later did it in Germany in 2006. Since 2010 he has shared his knowledge at Salsa Congress and festivals in Europe and the rest of the world.
Vienna Cuban Salsa Weekend will be exclusive and incredible from January 29th to January 30th, and its epicenter will be at Capistrangasse 10, 1060. The program will be comprised of Saturday, the day in which you will learn the body movements to the rhythm of the fusion of Timba and Salsa Casino, while Sunday will be full of Son and Timba. Prices range from 79 euros (Day Pass) and 129 euros (Full Pass).
Salsa and Bachata Saturday
Saturday nights are Salsa and Bachata at the Mi Barrio Bar/ Restaurant. In this Latin music restaurant, the essence and richness of the ingredients of South American food/ drink is respected, which makes the gastronomic offer a break in the traditional and common schemes of Vienna, and establishes a unique representation of the culture.
In Mi Barrio, health and safety are a priority, so reservations are required. You must use a mask (the staff also use masks), as well as there is disinfection of surfaces (mandatory) by the staff after each visit, and if you prefer, you can sit in an outdoor area owned by the premises. To access the site, you must be vaccinated or present the result of recovered and analyzed by PCR.
On Saturday, January 15th from 8 PM to 2 AM the Vienna Bachata Night season begins on the great dance floor with teachers Jorge & Azahara brought directly from Spain, and mixing the great hits (80% Bachata and 20% Salsa) will be DJ Kty & DJ Dani.
The workshops begin at 8 PM and end at 10 PM giving way to the big party until 2 AM. The cost of the party plus the drink is € 12 and the party alone is € 9. Mi Barrio is located in Münzwardeingasse, 10 on the first floor on the left in the large function room “El Halle”.
Salsahouse Perfect Night
Salsahouse is a salsa dance studio with plenty of room for fun with friends. His philosophy about Salsa lies in the meaning of joy when dancing in this genre. Dancing with the heart, you can immerse yourself in tranquility and closeness with like-minded people. This Tuesday, January 11th, from 8 PM to 10 PM, you will be able to consolidate and learn new dance steps with the start of Salsahouse Perfection Night in a safe setting. Salsahouse is at Märzstraße 105, Top 50 / Hofhaus 1150 Vienna. Try to check in with your partner and bring your drink.
Salsahouse Featuring Mi Barrio
Salsahouse and the Mi Barrio bar come together to create the fourth Salsa event in Vienna for two consecutive days.
On Sunday (January 9th), from 6 AM to 10 AM, the first event called SalsaYuno will be held. For four hours, DJ Lorenzo will play the best Salsa songs and will continue until the buffet brunch (with Latin American delicacies) at noon mixing the fusion between Salsa and Bachata.
Then, on Monday (January 10th) at 1:30 PM, you will have the opportunity to get in shape on the dance floor starting from zero with the Basic Cuban Salsa Intensive 1. This workshop with a high level of Salsa will continue every Monday following until the end of the month (four nights) at the Bar/ Restaurant Mi Barrio.
Not-so-well-known Latin percussion instruments
Some lesser-known percussion instruments
After so many centuries of history, Latin music has undergone any number of transformations and mixes that have made it into the wonder that it is today. In the result, percussion instruments play a critical role and many of them are widely known by fans of Latin rhythms, including those who do not have a great deal of expertise on the issue. The thing is that many of these implements are not so well known to people, so let us mention a few of them with their main characteristics.
Arará
The Arará drums are named after a Cuban ethnic group that is mainly based in Havana and the province of Matanzas. In turn, they descend from other ethnic groups that had similar practices and today almost all their temples are located in Matanzas.
At present, these drums are still used in the rituals of these cults. They are of various sizes and types, but a common characteristic they share is that they are all unimenbranophone and open without exception. One of the things that most identifies them is the presence of ritual marks made to differentiate them.
Rain stick
This percussion instrument consists of a long tube inside which you can find seeds and bamboo sticks, which form a helicoid extended throughout the whole instrument. When this stick is moved, the seeds hit its walls and the sound produced is very similar to that of the falling rain, a characteristic of which it receives its name.
It is believed that it originated during the age of indigenous peoples in South America such as the Panatahuas, the Quitos, the Mexicas, among many others. On the other hand, it is worth noting the appearance of evidence to suggest that they may have come from pre-Inca cultures originating in the Peruvian coast and the Andes Mountain Range.
Although the tools used in its manufacture vary from one cultural tradition to another, the most common material is cactus, whose spines must be dried, ground and reintroduced.
Güira
This is a Dominican percussion instrument that is part of the idiophones. Although it has come to be popular in other places, it is in the Dominican Republic where it originated and became so famous that it is even considered as a national heritage. For many, it has a strong resemblance to the bangaño, but it is very different from this one, since it has a manufacturing process in which metal predominates.
In these times, it is very common to see it being used as an important part of musical genres such as bachata and merengue, although it is most likely fans have no idea about its existence.
Marimbula
The marimbula consists of a set of metal plates that attach to a resonance box and whose main purpose is to produce sounds. It is an idiophone instrument that holds a striking resemblance to the sanza, which originated in Africa many centuries ago and arrived to the American continent from the hand of the slaves, who already brought their own traditions from their places of origin.
As to its current use, it serves as an accompaniment to all kinds of musical groups in their shows, whether we are talking about rural or urban environments. However, it should be noted that its use has also spread to religious ceremonies and cults of various kinds.
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