Batalá Durham

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Batalá Durham


 

Batalá is an international samba reggae music project based in Salvador de Bahia in northeastern Brazil. The name Batalá is a combination of the phrase “bateu lá”, meaning “hit there” in Portuguese, and Obatalá (Oxalá), the Candomblé deity who is the father of the Orixas and of all humanity.

Batalá was founded in Paris in 1997 by Giba Gonçalves, a Bahian percussionist with links to Ilê Aiyê, Olodum, Muzenza, Male Debale, Jimmy Cliff, Tupi Nago, and Kaoma. Batalá currently has over 45 groups in 19 countries, and a worldwide membership of over 1,000 percussionists.


Batalá Durham is one of the newer branches of the Batalá family in North America, established in 2015. We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization focused on exposing people to and educating them about Afro-Brazilian culture by performing traditional samba reggae music.

Batalá Durham is a community group, open to anyone 18 years or older. We’re based in and rehearse in Durham but have members from all parts of the Research Triangle area.

To learn more about our parent group, Batalá Mundo, visit here.

 


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Our performance season has started! We look forwar Our performance season has started! We look forward to seeing you at festivals, parades as well as community and school events. See our whole calendar and book us on our website. Link in bio!
Sometimes rehearsal looks like this ❤️ #batala Sometimes rehearsal looks like this ❤️ #bataladurham #sambareggae #brazilinnc
We're thankful to start 2024 with @drplaymore's ce We're thankful to start 2024 with @drplaymore's celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King's life. The US Civil Rights Movement had global impact including in Brazil where samba reggae emerged fighting exclusion of Afro Brazilians in Carnaval celebrations & beyond. We're honored to share this music with our Durham community!

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Join us at these events this weekend! Hour listed Join us at these events this weekend! Hour listed is our scheduled performance time, subject to change and not the event start time. For more info please check out our tagged event organizers!
Closing out our performance season. Don't miss Nov Closing out our performance season. Don't miss November's shows!
Community members are invited to join local plant- Community members are invited to join local plant-based nutrition and cooking instructor Dilip Barman and drummers from Batalá Durham at 1 p.m. on Oct. 28 for a 
FREE Let’s Beat Breast Cancer rally, sponsored by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, that will share the message that eating a plant-based diet can be powerful preventive medicine for breast cancer. Free healthy vegan whole food, plant-
based samples and literature will also be available to attendees. Drums @ 1pm!
We'll be doing a set at the Weaver Street Market L We'll be doing a set at the Weaver Street Market Lawn on Sunday @ 6pm. Come check out 100 music performances throughout Carrboro this weekend!
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