Candombeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Rioplatense Spanish candombe.

名詞

candombe (countable and uncountable, plural candombes)

1. (music) A musical style of Uruguay originating from African slaves.
   • 1993 May 7, Nathaniel C. Nash, quoting Julio Olivera, “Uruguay Is on Notice: Blacks Want Recognition”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     "Candombe is the only original folkloric music in Uruguay, and it is a product of the black community," said Julio Olivera, an artist and head of the Association for the Development of Afro-Uruguayan Art and Culture.

   • 1999 August 1, Alvin Klein, “Cheating Death, Uruguayan Style”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     The 10 song-and-dance numbers include candombe rhythms, with African roots, but the music is mostly murga, Uruguayan carnival sounds.

2. (dance) The dance to this music.
3. (music) A type of drum used to accompany this music.
   • 2014 September 12, Michael T. Luongo, “Argentina Rediscovers Its African Roots”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     Together, we watched locals and tourists practice their dance moves in the center, a converted warehouse whose walls were lined with candombe drums carved with images of slave ship hulls filled with chained human cargo.

関連する語

• Candomblé