Tambor (dance)

Tambor is a coastal Afro-Venezuelan music and dance. It is a cultural manifestation originating in the slaves from Africa.

The main public ritual of the African diasporic religion, Santería, the toque de santo drumming ceremony, is also known as tambor.[1]

Groups
  • Tambor Urbano
  • Un Solo Pueblo
  • Grupo Madera

References
  1. Hagedorn 2001, pp. 3, 75; Fernández Olmos & Paravisini-Gebert 2011, p. 80.
  • Fernández Olmos, Margarite; Paravisini-Gebert, Lizabeth (2011). Creole Religions of the Caribbean: An Introduction from Vodou and Santería to Obeah and Espiritismo (second ed.). New York and London: New York University Press. ISBN 978-0814762288.
  • Hagedorn, Katherine J. (2001). Divine Utterances: The Performance of Afro-Cuban Santería. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Books. ISBN 978-1560989479.


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