This blog comments news about environmental and cultural affaires, festivals, music, musical instruments and history related to the chilean cityport of Valparaiso.
Sunday, April 06, 2008
Learning spanish traditions
There are only a few foreign groups in Valparaiso teaching their folk traditions to public outside their own communities. One of them, are the spanish communities... So here we have their poster advertisement at the Estadio español with the cultural programme for 2008 with the andalucians with their flamenco dancing, spanish choirs, asturians and galicians with bagpipes and dancing.
Geologist trained as paleontologist, naturalist, & musician/organiser of folk festivals in Chile. Teaching geology, organising folk music venues, playing church, celtic and traditional folk music as member of Celtamericana, Sarmientos del Señor Choir, and Remembranzas de Galicia pipeband. More could be found at the following URL: http://profiles.yahoo.com/luchai1.
Our current main working projects are: -Festival Internacional de Música Inmigrante de Valparaiso -Banda celtamericana -Clan celta -Shanties and plectrum instruments -Adoquin and urban geology
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