Since 1 year ago
I moved to this city, it has been a bit difficult to find a place or a Latin
movement to which to attach or belong. Undoubtedly, this city is full of
diversity in every corner. We can find people of all nationalities and
ethnicities, but specifically the Venezuelan is quite scarce, approximately
300-400 Venezuelans in the entire metropolitan area of Portland (2 million
inhabitants).
However, last
year in the month of November I went to a "rumba" in a nightclub
which for that night had a set of Latin DJs (so the music should be more
varied). My surprise that day was that I was able to listen to one of Nacho's
songs (almost like Venezuelan heritage), as well as bachatas, cumbias obviously
and maybe 1 or 2 merengues.
Flyer by: Emilly Prado
Time passed and
in the middle of this year (July) I decided to go to another of these
"rumbas" and to my surprise on this occasion they put "Celoso"
of Lele Pons, that although it is not my favorite singer is still Venezuelan
representing and that can get to sound here in a DJ that is not Venezuelan, it
is already much to say. I started to investigate a bit about this and it turns
out that I understand it is a movement of Latin DJs or Latin descent, who every
so often mix Latin rhythms, Caribbean rhythms and that undoubtedly makes you
identify more than one.
They are called
"Noche Libre PDX" and it seems that they are moving the Latin scene
hard in Portland, at the moment I am already thinking about going to the next
one that I believe will be in August, but having found this movement and these
people, makes you feel that belonging to your music, your people and even your
roots, which, among so much diversity, at times can be lost.
See you next
time?
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