Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Burundanga ¡Qué Lío!


Once in a time Cuba was the wealthiest Latin country and La Habana ruled Latino culture and music. Burundanga is an Afro-Cuban word meaning a mess and the song tells the story of how Songo hit Borondongo who hit Bernabe and then Muchilanga threw out Morondanga and so on - a big mess. Refrain: "Abambele... practica el amor" = Make love.

Addendum: I got curious about the ethymology of the word "burundanga". It appears that this African-Antillean word also refers to a drug extracted from a plant that produces a tranquillized state called twilight sleep with loss of memory typical of the zombies of Cuba and Haiti.

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