arte macanudo; "Candombe, escucha mi plegaria; Yoruba, Orishna, te venero"* feb.2011
*from my writings and observations on religious practices by descendants of the builders of the Panama canal.
Thousands came to work on the canal in the early 1900's; from the Antilles, most were converted to Christianity by American missionaries, thousands perished from malaria, when Jesus "abandoned" them. Reviving their abandoned beloved Gods, Yoruba and Orisha asking for forgiveness by offering sacrifices accompanied by the rhythm of the tambor, "Candombe, polvo de santo" The predecessor of the modern dance, la cumbia, popular to this day through Central America"
This painting done in the traditional regional style of painting popularized by the genius, painter and now a national treasure, Barbaro Rivas, is best viewed on black
arte macanudo; "Candombe, escucha mi plegaria; Yoruba, Orishna, te venero"* feb.2011
*from my writings and observations on religious practices by descendants of the builders of the Panama canal.
Thousands came to work on the canal in the early 1900's; from the Antilles, most were converted to Christianity by American missionaries, thousands perished from malaria, when Jesus "abandoned" them. Reviving their abandoned beloved Gods, Yoruba and Orisha asking for forgiveness by offering sacrifices accompanied by the rhythm of the tambor, "Candombe, polvo de santo" The predecessor of the modern dance, la cumbia, popular to this day through Central America"
This painting done in the traditional regional style of painting popularized by the genius, painter and now a national treasure, Barbaro Rivas, is best viewed on black