season 3, episode 8 | Jaranas del Norte
Global club nights is a networking and informative club series in collaboration with Caisa Cultural centre, Helsinki Open waves web radio and the Global music Department of Sibelius Academy, that aims to bring together all parties involved with music. With live music, seminars and workshops the events attempt to create bridges between musicians, event producers, agents, venues, and music lovers, bringing down barriers and creating a safe and creative environment of free expression. In a celebration of diversity, using the tools of intercultural collaboration and specialized knowledge, we provide the possibility of a neutral and safe space for sharing and exchange of knowledge, information, wishes and insights on the music industry in Finland, both on the part of the musician and from the business side while most importantly, sharing it with the community.

Magic is real, and we deep dive into the magical world of Jaranas del Norte, a Helsinki-based collective that performs and promotes son jarocho, a folk musical style from Mexico.
Jarocho combines indigenous, Spanish, and African elements. It is traditionally performed during fandango celebrations: participative and communitarian gatherings that include improvised music, ”zapateado” dancing, and ”décima” poetry singing. What are the ways of making such important and wonderful traditions part of our regular life? Can we instill music tradition in a new setup and keep the local alive? Today we deep dive into music locality and see is as a tool for advocating inclusion and diversity.
Since its creation in 2019, this pioneer project has offered concerts and workshops for institutions and festivals, including the Kaustinen Folk Music Festival, Etno-Espa, Helsinki Festival, Feel Helsinki, the National Museum of Finland, the Museum of Impossible Forms, and Kolibrí Festivaali. In 2021, the band recorded its first EP production with the support of TAIKE.

Credits
Producers and hosts: Chico Matada and Vasileios Katopodis
Guests: Yesmith Sánchez, singer, jarana player and DEI expert, and
Paola Nieto, zapateado dancer and cultural manager
Sound recording, editing and live streaming: Bailey Polkinghorne
*The audio piece was recorded and edited at the Helsinki Open Waves performance & recording room located at Caisa.
**The views expressed in this audio piece and texts are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the view of Helsinki Open Waves.
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