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Candombe is an Uruguayan music and dance that comes from African slaves. It is considered an important aspect of the culture of Uruguay and was recognized by UNESCO as a World Cultural Heritage of humanityThis Uruguayan music style is based on three different drums: chico, repique and piano drums.
This music style is usually played in February during carnival in Montevideo, Uruguay at dance parades called "Llamadas" and "Desfile Inaugural del Carnaval". According to George Reid Andrews, the historian of Montevideo Black communities, after the middle of the 19th century younger blacks in particular abandoned the candombe in favor of dances from Europe such as the mazurka. Meanwhile, whites began to imitate the steps and movements of blacks. Calling themselves Los Negros, upper class porteños in the 1860s and 1870s blackened their faces and formed one of the carnival processions each year.
In the third decade of the 19th century the word candombe began to appear in Montevideo, referring to self-help dancing societies founded by persons of African descent. The term means "pertaining to blacks" in Kikongo. In Montevideo it meant more than a dance or a music or a congregationCandombe the dance was a local fusion of various African traditions. A complicated choreography included a final section with wild rhythms, freely improvised steps, and energetic, semi-athletic movements.
2010-02-06 Desfile de Llamadas en Montevideo (11) - Die Candombe-Gruppe 'C 1080' -
Desfile de Llamadas (Parade der Rufe), Karnevalsumzug in Montevideo, Uruguay
El chabón se queda solo, pero mal acompañado. La resaca y la fisura le pellizcan el costado
Y el bardero ese del vidrio no para hasta encabronarlo.
En el marco del Bicentenario y del Año Internacional de los Afrodescendientes en 2011 se realizó una nueva edición del Día Nacional del Candombe, la Cultura Afrouruguaya y la Equidad Racial, con diversas actividades, bajo la consigna “Por un Uruguay Solidario sin Racismo”. Teatro de Verano, 4 diciembre 2011. Foto: Bicentenario Uruguay.