GAGÁ--SANTIAGO DE CUBA

Excerpt from Class with Lazaro Bandera, musical director of La Conga de Los Hoyos, Santiago de Cuba. Gagá is the Cuban term for the Haitian style known as rara. It came to Oriente (Eastern Cuba) with Haitian immigrant workers in the early 1900s (mostly after 1915). Lazaro's contact for lessons/contacto para clases: email: yalaruly@nauta.cu Watsapp: +53 54256464 Facebook :   / lazaro.banderamalet.3   Musicians (left to right) Nick Herman: Salidor Lazaro Bandera: Repicador (improvising) Lazaro Marino : Quinto Players not shown : trián (bell), and catá More info: http://nickherman.weebly.com/ https://www.laconga.us/ Virtual tip jar : thanks for your support VENMO: @NH709 https://paypal.me/nherman?locale.x=en_US