During the 2023 season we hosted weekly Afro-Colombian dance workshops at MolinoLab, taught by Salomé Méndez. The dance chosen for this year was the Bullerengue.
Bullerengue is a rhythm and a dance from the Colombian Caribbean, a sung dance performed only by women, of African ancestry, apparently derived from the ritual customs of Palenque de San Basilio, forming part of young women’s initiation into puberty, with Cartagena as a point of reference.
In Colombia it is performed mainly by the present-day descendants of the cimarrones who lived in Palenque de San Basilio. In the country, “bullerengue” or “bullarengue” means “pollerón” (a large skirt, worn especially at festivities).
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