Landum
- Dance
- Music
This musical genre emerged in Cape Verde during the population of Boa Vista. It goes back to the end of the 15th Century, when it started among a small number of slaves that were brought there to cultivate cotton.
Binary song, with a marked rhythm, is still present today, and it is linked to traditional wedding celebrations, where it is danced by the bride and groom before they retire to their new rooms, and it is taken up by the godparents, relatives and the others present. The landum originates from the bantu musical culture, and it was mixed with the Portuguese “vira minhoto” and the Brazilian “modinha”, in the course of mid-Atlantic migration due to Portuguese discoveries. It returned from Brazil in the 18th Century in the form of “doce landum chorado” by the Brazilian Caldas Barbosa, in a process of fusion and development of samba in Brasil, of morna in Cape Verde, and of fado in Portugal.
The landum also caught the interest of young people in Cape Verde, and groups of young dancers and musicians play it with great elegance in the islands of Sal and Boa Vista.
This musical genre emerged in Cape Verde during the population of Boa Vista. It goes back to the end of the 15th Century, when it started among a small number of slaves that were brought there to cultivate cotton.
Binary song, with a marked rhythm, is still present today, and it is linked to traditional wedding celebrations, where it is danced by the bride and groom before they retire to their new rooms, and it is taken up by the godparents, relatives and the others present. The landum originates from the bantu musical culture, and it was mixed with the Portuguese “vira minhoto” and the Brazilian “modinha”, in the course of mid-Atlantic migration due to Portuguese discoveries. It returned from Brazil in the 18th Century in the form of “doce landum chorado” by the Brazilian Caldas Barbosa, in a process of fusion and development of samba in Brasil, of morna in Cape Verde, and of fado in Portugal.
The landum also caught the interest of young people in Cape Verde, and groups of young dancers and musicians play it with great elegance in the islands of Sal and Boa Vista.
