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Hollywood ArtsPark Experience: Colombia
Sunday, December 15 2013
6:00 PM-10:00 PM
Free! Colombian music and culture at the beautiful Hollywood ArtsPark, featuring the queen of cumbia Totó La Momposina in concert.
The show also features AfroKumbe, WASABI, and Cali-based dance company Imperio Juvenil. Plus delicious Colombian food vendors, activities for kids, open art studios and much more.
Totó La Momposina, a magnificent singer and dancer, is considered a national treasure of Colombia. Her music is a total mastery of Colombia’s Caribbean coastal folk music in its many styles: cumbia, bullerenge, chandé, gaita, chalupa, garabato and mapalé. She was recently honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Latin Recording Academy.
Presented by Rhythm Foundation and the Hollywood CRA with support from American Airlines and the Consulate General of Colombia in Miami and the Embassy of Colombia in Washington DC.