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Congo Luanda, JovellanosJovellanos is a small city of 50,000 people 60 km south of Matanzas. Its very name makes Cubans' eyes open wide, for it is a great center of Congo culture in Cuba. "Congo Luanda is a vibrant young group from families associated with the old cabildo Congo Luanda in Jovellanos. Members of this group still speak bantu. The tape described below was given to a Congo elder, Bunseki FuKiau, who was able to say: "this person's family comes from Angola, this person, from the center of the Congo." The group's repertoire is strong on Palo Monte, which is unusual in Cuba. They do dances featuring machete duels and fire breath attacks. The tape described below an opera involving the nganga, or sacred cauldron, dear to the bantu people. The nganga is made up of pieces of wood, cemetary dust, and some human remains of the spirit being lodged in the vessel so as to enable the owner to work with it. Congo Luanda won first prize for folkloric group at the 1997 Festival Caribeño in Santiago, which was that year dedicated to Brazil. They won against very stiff competition, including much better promoted groups from Havana. The director is Marco Zulueta, whose wife Yohandra is also in the group. The Zulueta family has been associated with the Congo Luanda cabildo since its founding in the last century." -- Andy Petit, 9/12/93
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Grupo Portador: Congo Luanda
Municipio:
Jovellanos
Provincia Matanzas.
Fundación:
Fundado el 10 de octubre de 1992 en la Casa de Cultura municipal y procede del
fundamento religioso de casa de Marcos Zulueta de la Prenda Congo Luanda.
Integrantes que
pertenecen a la Prenda.
-Pedro Zulueta Alvarado.
-María A Villamil Cárdenas.
-Madonys González Hernández
-Lázara Jorrín Galán
-Yoandra Nodarse Gener
-María C. Zulueta Alvarado
- Yanay Polledo Herrera
-Osmel Ibañes Fernández
-Lourdes Fernández Morejón
-Luis Prens
-Alfredo Zulueta Alvarado
-Adalberto Zulueta Alvarado
Tradición que representa:
Regla Palo Monte.
Instrumentos Musicales originarios. Sustituciones:
Un juego de Batá de tres tambores, un Chequeré, una caja china, un par de
claves, una campana
Integrantes. 16
9 hombres y 7 mujeres.
Repertorio:
Avenida 26 e/ calle 11 y 13, barrio Flor Crombet, Jovellanos. Matanzas
Mención especial en el Festival Talento 93.
Reconocimiento en el Festival de la Rumba.
Reconocimiento por su participación destacada en el Festival Folklórico Evaristo
Hernández de Cárdenas.
Reconocimiento como aficionados de la CTC.
Participación en el Festival Fiesta del Fuego en Santiago de Cuba en 1995.
Participación en el Wemilere.
Participación en la Fiesta de los Orígenes.
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