candombe
English
editEtymology
editFrom Rioplatense Spanish candombe.
Noun
editcandombe (countable and uncountable, plural candombes)
- (music) A musical style of Uruguay originating from African slaves.
- 1993 May 7, Nathaniel C. Nash, quoting Julio Olivera, “Uruguay Is on Notice: Blacks Want Recognition”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
- "Candombe is the only original folkloric music in Uruguay, and it is a product of the black community," said Julio Olivera, an artist and head of the Association for the Development of Afro-Uruguayan Art and Culture.
- (dance) The dance to this music.
- (music) A type of drum used to accompany this music.
- 2014 September 12, Michael T. Luongo, “Argentina Rediscovers Its African Roots”, in The New York Times[3], →ISSN:
- Together, we watched locals and tourists practice their dance moves in the center, a converted warehouse whose walls were lined with candombe drums carved with images of slave ship hulls filled with chained human cargo.
Related terms
editSpanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Kimbundu kandombe. Cognate of Portuguese candomblé.
Noun
editcandombe m (plural candombes)
- candombe
- 2015 July 27, “El coraje de las mujeres que no entienden de fronteras”, in El País[4]:
- Tampoco en las de Julia Ortiz y Dolores Aguirre, dos oriundas del río de La Plata (Argentina) que responden al nombre de Perotá Chingó, y que trastean en sus conciertos con el joropo venezolano (a través de una versión de Simón Díaz), el candombe uruguayo o las sonoridades brasileñas, sin olvidarse del legado folk de la chilena Violeta Parra.
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Further reading
edit- “candombe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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