Afrocubism live in Paris

I recently talked about Afrocubism, the “first Buena Vista Social Club project”. They spent a few days in a French tour and finished it in Bataclan stage, Paris. Here are a few seconds of “La Culebra”, a more Cuban focused (than African) song. Performed by Eliades Ochoa. But the sounds of Africa are never far…

The gold of the Incas deserved better

"L'or des Incas"

… Much better than the “Pinacothèque”, in Paris. From September 10 to February 6, the Paris museum offers a collection of nearly 300 pieces – pottery, jewelry, fabrics … – from 3000 years of history. This is one of the first shortcuts of the exhibition, which announces “the gold of the Incas”, while the Incas only cover a very small minority of the collection.

But this is not the most important. We can obviously appreciate the effort of the exhibition to share the knowledge of civilizations that preceded the Incas (Mochica, Huari, Sipan …)

Cumbia time !

Once a month, the French-Colombian band “Cumbia ya” gives a concert in the French concert hall “Le Studio de l’Ermitage”.

Teotihuacan… Oh my Gods !

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I went to the premiere of the exhibition Teotihuacan, la cité des Dieux, in the Musée du Quai Branly, Paris. Very good idea to highlight this city-state, quite unknown in France. Teotihuacan has had a great influence on Mesoamerica between the 1^st and the 6^th century of our era, preparing the field for the civilization known as the Azteca here. The exhibition presents pieces from several collections, but the large majority comes from the impressive Museum of Anthropology of Mexico.