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  • Feet Like a Drum: Afro-Peruvian Zapateo Dance

    The members of Afro-Peruvian dance group Tutuma use their feet as percussion instruments with tap-like zapateo steps that have evolved from the historical dance traditions of enslaved Africans in Peru.

    Editing: Brian Hart
    Filmography: Marisol Medina-Cadena, Claudia Romano, Stephen Kolb, and LaQuinda Grimes


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