tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post1962694713580656074..comments2024-03-28T07:58:41.643-04:00Comments on pancocojams: Cuban Rumbas - Guaguancó, Yambú, & Columbia StylesAzizi Powellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-9491865797219281962014-01-15T19:20:50.749-05:002014-01-15T19:20:50.749-05:00The Wikipedia page which is quoted above indicates...The Wikipedia page which is quoted above indicates that Rumba is a secular dance. Yet, it seems to me that some of the people dancing the Rumba Columbia in the video given as Example #2 of that section began with and at least in one case ended with a gesture that indicated a spiritual acknowledgement and praise. (As an example, view the dancer beginning at 8:43 of that video).<br /><br />And I wouldn't be surprised if other dance steps incorporated into the Rumba dance have their source in orisha dances such as dances for Shango (Chango).<br /><br />Click <a href="http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2014/01/video-information-video-examples-of.html" rel="nofollow">http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2014/01/video-information-video-examples-of.html</a> for a pancocojams post that provides information about and dance videos of Shango to compare them with the dances in this video .Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-20127675890154390222014-01-15T16:45:52.401-05:002014-01-15T16:45:52.401-05:00I shouldn't facetiously use terms such as &quo...I shouldn't facetiously use terms such as "African DNA". I really don't believe that there is such a thing as racial or ethnic DNA.<br /><br />But I do believe that aesthetic preferences such as the preference for percussive music and dance movements that reflect that preference are shared throughout Africa and African Diaspora people because of socialized values for those types of music and dances.Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-10027187999921233162014-01-15T13:24:01.520-05:002014-01-15T13:24:01.520-05:00I don't mean to imply that these African Ameri...I don't mean to imply that these African American singers connected their performance of those particular movements to those Rumba related dance movements. Perhaps those responses to percussive music are part of our "African DNA".Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5893219718076521675.post-54273983290655797232014-01-15T08:21:02.618-05:002014-01-15T08:21:02.618-05:00It occurs to me that the "work work" dan...It occurs to me that the "work work" dance movement that is performed by the African American R&B group The Contours in performances of their 1962 hit "Do You Love Me (Now That I Can Dance)" is a form of the ‘vacunao’ movement in Rumba Guaguancó. Click <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vTEstU1MRk" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vTEstU1MRk</a> for a video of The Contours performing that song and that dance movement & other dances).<br /><br />Also, I wonder if the king of Pop music Michael Jackson got his hand over his private parts movement from Rumba Guaguancó. Azizi Powellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14963772326145910073noreply@blogger.com