Sindicato Sonoro

Even though we're now into the long weekend that culminates in traditional celebrations for Chile's independance day, last night we went to take in a little Colombian traditional music. Claudia's boyfriend Sebastian's group Sindicato Sonoro played at a Salsateca/Cuban restaurant, La Habana Vieja. Their set-up is a bunch of different percussion instruments, two long flutes called gaitas, and two singers. Last night they also performed with a dance troupe called Cumbiamé who do the traditional dances that accompany the music, in full costume.

The concert was great, everyone was into it, and even the random people that just happened to be be eating in the bar were up dancing. I learned how to dance the cumbia, too! In between sets there was a DJ that played salsa and merengue, and then a random Venezuelan guy got up to wish a Happy Birthday to his brother and played the cuatro, a Venezuelan instrument. All this at a Colombian music concert in a Cuban salsateca. It was like all of Latin America rolled into one.