King Charles

Today is coronation day in UK. 

I am not pro nor against monarchies.

I was not born in this country.

I particularly think Carlos is a very unlucky person, ever to get a crown of rain on his head today.

To me kings are very well paid slaves to the country by us.

I think they have no way to escape of their non-sense inheritance, but if they could they will run away.

They have too much money.

But I don't think rich people and money are bad; the bad thing is people not having it. We all work for money everyday and won't work by free, we have a capitalist life and we need to be aware and congruent with it.

I did time ago systems for a finance group; talking with them, I got to know that the money that the king family generates to this country is really good; is nothing compared with what we pay.

Leaving the royals go away could be even worse than leave the EU has been to get our pockets emptier.

I read recently the biography book of Michelle "Becoming Obama" and she talked about the day they were invited by first time to the Buckingham Palace by the Queen and the Duque;

she said how imponent and ostentatious is the place in comparison with the White house in USA that she before felt was a big showy display to impress.

But she also said the queen was just an old grannie who talked aside with her about having to stay stand long hours on hard uncomfortable shoes and that they became very good friends.

England is still on the top play because of that royal posh fake image - real English life and people is much simpler and kind. I would say English people are land walkers and nature lovers. Sorry, thank you and roast dinners do define us better. 

Sorry, I do always hesitate to call myself English but sometimes I do. I feel I am some how but I know I am not some how too; but at the end I have lived in England the most of my life and citizenship is registration based in localization and billing identity rather than culture amalgamation or ancestry or descendances. I hope one day frontiers get removed to help me to register myself better as a citizen of this planet.

So to me, Charles is our best paid slave.. 

I think he should be free to go from his golden cage.

I don't think the royalty will last very long, many countries have already got rid of them; but none of them had as strong world influence as the previous Elisabeth queen had, she made it continue until today.

One good thing about having a king aside of the prime minister is that if someday anyone wants to do a coup (which happened and destroyed my previous localization country), they will need to kill 2 people and not just one

.. nice

Dust

 Dusty

.. is this feeling of being in between.

Helping who didn't ask for help,

thinking on who didn't want to be think of,

talking to who doesn't want to hear but just to be heard by the walls,

the privacy of the walls is missed ..

Why do I care?

why not to limitate my thoughts to my place and my people.

Can my care & my thoughts be any help?; or is just noise interference on others life.

If something is hard to adapt is our natural self to get away of their heart:

hearty for so many people can turn your own heart to wonder and suffer as if others hearts were mine.

Strange pursue of mine and impossible path to continue in any acceptable way.

Rude, rude indeed to my soul not to place the limit wall were to enclose my thoughts and hold them from wonder if I could help

Helping is a deep need, like give and solve. 

Perhaps too many superhero movies have affected my brain; or just a puzzle game I started long ago and still cannot untangle how to get an intimate friend their unicorm back.

Colombian music

I thought to start with some must know singers:

Shakira

Is probably the most famous singer in Colombia.
She is more or less my same age; below is the first song I liked of her.
Her voice range is unique. She writes her own lyrics based on her own life experiences and is a complete artist not just a singer, dancer, choreographer, composer, philanthropist and a very open and friendly person.

Pies descalzos  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCna-hsmGUY

Carlos Vivez
He is known for mixing Colombian traditional music styles and themes on his music

Cumbiana https://youtu.be/baUk9YcCxBQ

,esta es una cancion sobre la guerrilas en los ojos de una nina.

Dejame robarte un beso https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mtau4v6foHA

La bicicleta https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UV0QGLmYys
is a song to Barranquilla life in bike.

Juanes

romantic pop

Es por ti  https://youtu.be/-9l5t3MWss8

Aterciopelados

She is an artist that wants to tell something to you in each song and has a unique approach on love&peace&family.  Again she is an artist and a communicator, not just a singer. She always sings with her husband and sometimes her daughter too.

Bolero Falaz https://youtu.be/sUlsTs2ljaE

Soy yo  https://youtu.be/efb1V14RWpE , she made this song for her little daughter

No se viola  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KEkhQ_Eq7M , she made this song with her daughter now ending teen age.

Fonseca

Eres Mi sueno  https://youtu.be/00QVU7voMq8

sings pop, but includes traditional accordion & vallenato on his music

Maluma

He singer is a macho guy, his songs are very sensual and have lots of reggaetón

Sobrio https://youtu.be/RljdPIfnp0U

Alejo Duran

He was a classic vallenato singer; accordion and guacharaca

Alicia adorada https://youtu.be/CQKwMVJ8fEw

Binomio de Oro

Olvidala https://youtu.be/yry3rgGlRUw

Hety & Zambo 

No weakness https://youtu.be/pGNJNqaiDN0

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Now we should go into types of music:

Cumbia

this rhythm has indigenous drums, African sensuality and Spanish featured dresses.

I was told it was first dance by someone that had a bad leg and as you can see always one leg is ahead leading and the other just lagging behind.

El pescador https://youtu.be/57Z7uoXzJ8w

Bullerengue

Is a cumbia story, so it is danced with dramatization gestures, only difference is the way to dance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2leZTIrua9Q

Porro

is an evolution to a ballroom cumbia, played with brass instruments and orchestra.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWQozBVPcKA

African drums

yes today sometimes they have cumbia mixed; but African drums are a style on their own, see

Toto La momposina https://youtu.be/xObESuNVEgw

Mapale

Made by fisherman when coming back from work. The fish out of the water are the men, the sea are the woman.

Is a quite energetic and difficult dance.

https://youtu.be/mJg-IpblfXc

Carranga

Peasants dance.

it is the music from Boyaca, is another waltz like dance but you dance in it in little jumps

The instruments are  guitars, tipple(12 strings guitar), requinto (smaller 6 string guitar), guacharaca (scraping a cane trunk) and voice,

https://youtu.be/V_OOcVcuMVw

La cucharita se me perdio https://youtu.be/aId1h7DMABg

Pasillo

Is an Austrian waltz for dancing, it came from europe after the independency but using typical instruments of the area, it sounds different: guitar, tiple, piano, cuchara, arpa, flute, requinto, bajo & accordion sometimes too.

Pasillo fiestero https://youtu.be/WqV_oT59_2Q

Bambuco

Is similar to a waltz made with just guitar & voice.

Sometimes is hard to differentiate from a Pasillo; but the Bambuco is a Colombian made rhythm.

Campesina santandereana https://youtu.be/zEMdEJwFUD8

Bunde

You may not believe but the Bunde initiated as a slaves funeral music for kids that died before having 7 years old. It is for them to go to heaven as they are still innocents souls they should just go at once.

It starts sad and slow and it turns out happy as the kid go to heaven.

Poniendote a gozar https://youtu.be/2Gyl_F5OJl0

Soca

Colombia has 2 caribean islands San Andres y Providencia were habitants got a mixed up language; they speak "patua" you may half understand the lyrics

https://youtu.be/c04jMqPaElQ

Salsa

Salsa is not from Colombia is from Cuba, but it has a big place, specially in Cali Medellin.

Bomba camara https://youtu.be/MtVTsesQLw4

Merengue

Merengue is neither from Colombia is from Puerto Rico, but again is has a big place everywhere because is very easy to dance; we say is like walking with rhythm, the next thing you learn after toddler walk.

Torta y arepa https://youtu.be/s1Pbl1-onEY

Joropo

Is music with harp from Los Llanos

And  it is the first one that turned on my interest in Colombian folk.

Growing outside Colombia, when child I found Colombian folk music quite old fashion and none sense, until the day I saw my grandfather take my mum to dance a Joropo in a wedding with an audience of many people that thought like me.

He helped the bride's mum to start the party by doing it, and the party turned on with them.

I never saw my mum that way before, she cover the room side to side dancing with him. Opposite to what people believe most of these dances movements are only from waist down and mostly feet, and the top body is just to frame hold your partner but doesn't really move.

So being 5 years old I asked my grandfather to dance with me like with her and teach me a bit

https://youtu.be/uRP19qEfEQI