Elkin de Jesús Meneses Rojas and Oscar de Jesús Cadavid Cataño play with Grupo Cabrestero member Felix Chaparro Rivas in the tienda of the Coffee Triangle, La Fonda Paisa.
Photo by JB Weilapp, Smithsonian Institution
Manuel Jose Cadavid de Cataño and Oscar de Jesús Cadavid Cataño play the tiple and the bandola together in the tienda of the Coffee Triangle.
Photo by Rebecca Weil, Smithsonian Institution
Elkin de Jesús Meneses Rojas tunes his bandola in preparation for a performance.
Photo by Cory Grace, Smithsonian Institution
Oscar de Jesús Cadavid Cataño and Elkin de Jesús Meneses Rojas work to tune their instruments while Grupo Cabrestero members Fredy Calixto Landines Porras and Felix Chaparro Rivas prepare to play and Salsa dancer Deivy Johan Zuñiga Jiménez awaits the music.
Photo by Robert Friedman, Smithsonian Institution
Fernan de Jesús Rojo Meneses thanks Hermes Romero Vidal for playing with the group after a collaborative performance.
Photo by Joe Furgal, Smithsonian Institution
Fernan de Jesús Rojo Meneses shakes hands with Grupo Cabrestro member Fredy Calixto Landines Porras after a collaborative performance.
Photo by Joe Furgal, Smithsonian Institution
Fernan de Jesús Rojo Meneses, Manuel Jose Cadavid de Cataño, Jorge Enrique Cadavid García discuss the music they will play for their next performance.
Photo by Cory Grace, Smithsonian Institution
Manuel Jose Cadavid de Cataño and Oscar de Jesús Cadavid Cataño listen intently to the other instruments in the group to make sure they are in tune.
Photo by Rebecca Weil, Smithsonian Institution
Rufa Herrera is well known for her Pacific rainforest-style of cooking. She prepares dishes, such as arroz con coco, caldo de guafuco, and patacones. She moved to Medellín to work in hotels and restaurants where she has since learned other types of cooking.
Aires del Campo is a traditional string music ensemble from the Coffee Triangle. They excel at bandola and tiple, instruments traditional to the area. The members of the group are cousins and learned to play from their fathers, uncles, and grandfather. The group plays Andean music along with party tunes of the Paisa culture.
"When my father was muledriver / He wore a cardboard hat / And since he no longer has it / His head roasts in the sun."
Artists:
- Manuel José Cadavid Cataño, director, musician (tiple)
- óscar de Jesús Cadavid Cataño, musician (first bandola)
- Jorge Enrique Cadavid García, musician (guacharaca)
- Elkin de Jesús Meneses Rojo, musician (second bandola)
- Fernán de Jesús Rojo Meneses, musician (guitar)
