Sajomero previously said:


Chill out Mira..You should know better that I was refering to this line from one of those low lives that post here on a regular....
AfroCeltic previously said:

I'm watching the Dominican news right now, they're showing a town called Villa Mella and it's showing really dark-skinned black dominicans playing Palos music and it shows the locals talking about Africa and such.

Where are the light skinned mulattos? Oh wait, I saw one straight haired Mulatto in the crowd, one.

EDIT: Oh wait, I just saw 3 more mulattos, out of a crowd of hundreds of dark skinned blacks. Is this what the Cibao looks like?

Sajomero previously said:


Villa Mella is a great example of a modern day community formed from a Kilombo, a run away slave enclave. The African culture is very rich and alive there, but they represent Dominican first, then their African heritage. By no means can you call them Haitians, they've been there longer than most other Dominican families of more recent immigration. Villa Mella is also home to many good popular artists but is mostly know for its AfroDominican music of Congos and Palos. Palos is a Domincan music that is greatly enjoyed by many of us, please be a little bit more informed before posting dumb comments. Take a ride to Villa Mella and learn a lot, that is if you are not a broke ghetto rat that cant leave your hole.

guillermone previously said:



Sajomero-All or most of what you state about Villa Mella is positively and absolutely correct. However, I do want to point out that what we see preserved, displayed and publicly exposed in Villa Mella is purely and strictly, as you said, derived from an "African heritage." It is not however, indigenous, native or unique but rather a subculture within the Dominican Rep. The Spanish word to define this is"autoctona."

The reason I emphasize and make mention is because very similar forms of African cultural expressions can be easily found anywhere else around the world in such places as Bahia, Brazil, Cuba, Haiti and some coastal areas in and around Colombia and to a lesser extent Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru, just to name a few.

The only culture that is authentically Dominican and can not be found anywhere and we can proudlly claim it as our very own is the Cibaeño culture as autochthonous to the island of Hispañiola, yet I don't see the necessary efforts made to rescue and retain this uniquely real Dominican cultural identity. That is why I have a problem when you describe "Congos & palos" as "Dominican music." Nevertheless, I do respect your opinion and I welcome a correction if I am wrong.

ojedamaggiolo80 previously said:



Ok I just want to clarify something with this comment. The Cibaeno culture is not the only autochthonous culture to the Dominican Republic because it is still mixed. La cultura del Este tampoco because it is still mixed y la sur tambien therefore we are all Dominicans and we all share one thing in common and that is culture. The nation as a while is predominantly mixed and therefore no one region or section can claim to be the autochthonous or original culture of the DR. All together we make up the culture of the Dominican Republic, tanto los del Este como los del Sur como los del Norte y los de la Linea.

cibaeño75 previously said:



"Autochtonous" does NOT mean unmixed.