Elanda is the traditional teenagers dance. The singing style, like the dancing, is high-energy: girls singing in high tones, boys providing a contrast with deep rhythmic gutteral tones. Many an affair -- sometimes ending in marriage -- began during an elanda dance.
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from OKA!,
released December 31, 2011
Singers: Yandoumbe Choral Singers • Composed by: The Bayaka
Joined by musicians from Venezuela, London, and Paris, the bassist creates a vibrant picture of Venezuela’s musical landscape, and the people and communities that keep it alive. Bandcamp Album of the Day Oct 22, 2020