generally designates the ñáñigo, a member of a male brotherhood, initially composed only of blacks and today of men of any race (Cuba). boastfulness, ostentation, boasting. Collected in the D.R.A.E.

Filmmaker Emily Cohen Ibañez will be present for a Q&A Conversation after the film. "Fruits of Labor" follows Ashley, the film's protagonist and co-writer, a Mexican-American teenager who dreams of ...

“The Mambo King” The word mambo comes from the nañigo dialect spoken in Cuba. It probably has no real meaning, but occurs in the phrase "abrecuto y guiri mambo" ("open your eyes and listen") used to ...

Manita en el Suelo is a “mitología bufa afro-cubana” for narrator, marionettes, chorus, and orchestra in one act and five scenes (1934) with music by Alejandro García Caturla (1906–1940) and text by ...

Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1902, Elsie Houston arrived in Paris as a 24-year-old and wowed audiences with songs in Afro-Brazilian dialect that fused folk with a soprano training. Show more Xangô ...

A group of blindfolded initiates of the men's religious secret society known as Abakua (or Nanigo) take part in the oath ceremony of the Efi Barondi Cama Leicester City's English midfielder ...

Los Indios,” ”Nanigo,” for six dancers backed by an onstage traditional African drummer; ”Choros,” variations on a 19th Century Brazilian quadrille; and ”Shango,” based on a West ...

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Secret societies, by their nature, breed curiosity. Often, the gap is filled with the most chill-inducing content that is sellable yet farthest from the truth it is intended to represent.

whose drum-heavy score incorporates Latin salsa-esque rhythms with Afro-Cuban nanigo beats. Pair it with “Secundaria,” Mary Jane Doherty’s 2014 film that chronicles the lives of ballet ...