Like food, música plays an important role in culture, allowing people to express and experience the range of feelings evoked by their country. Latino music is often a fusion, or blending, of rhythms from different countries, some of which we hear in MarKamusic, a multi-national musical ensemble that performs popular and traditional Latin music as well as music of the Caribbean and South American Andean regions.
Since its inception in 1999 as a Peruvian and Andean folk music quintet, MarKamusic and its director Freddy Chapelliquen have embraced the responsibility that ethnic artists have to their own people, history, and music.
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Now you’ll watch and listen to the group performing a song about love,"Cuando llueve". Notice the instruments they play and listen for their mix of Colombian cumbia and Puerto Rican rhythms, both of which have shared traditions. These rhythms may have you moving to the music, perhaps even wanting to dance! You may want to preview the instruments in the box below before you watch.
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