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La Dame Blanche (band)
Yaité Ramos Rodriguez (born 31 August 1974), also known by her stage name La Dame Blanche, is a Cuban singer, flutist and percussionist. She has a classical training in transverse flute in the National Art Schools (Cuba), National Art School in Havana. but her music combines Hip hop music, hip-hop, cumbia, reggae, electro and Afro-Cuban tradition. She has been based in Paris since 1998 Biography Yaité Ramos Rodriguez was born on 31 August 1974 in Pinar del Río, Cuba. Yaite is the daughter of Iris Rodriguez and Jesús "Aguaje" Ramos, Jesus "Aguaje" Ramos, a trombonist and artistic director of the Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club. Yaite is also the niece of Mayito Rivera, ex singer of Los Van Van. Yaite moved to Havana and studied transverse flute in the National Art Schools (Cuba), National Art School (Escuela Nacional de Arte). She graduated in 1994 and joined the female septet Sabor a Miel, where she sang traditional, folk, rumba, boleros and Afro-Cuban music to earn a livin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinar Del Río
Pinar del Río is the capital city of Pinar del Río Province, Cuba. With a population of 191,081 (2022), it is the List of cities in Cuba, 10th-largest city in Cuba. Inhabitants of the area are called ''Pinareños''. History Pinar del Río was one of the last major cities in Cuba founded by the Spanish, on 10 September 1867. The city and province was founded as ''Nueva Filipinos, Filipinas'' (New Philippines) in response to an influx of Filipino Cubans, Asian laborers coming from the Philippine Islands to work on tobacco plantations. Pinar del Río's history begins with two tribes, the Guanahatabey, a group of nomadic people who lived in caves and procured most of their livelihood from the sea. Less advanced than the other indigenous natives who lived on the island, the Guanahatabey were a peaceful and passive race whose culture came about largely independently of the Taíno. Another culture that inhabited this area was the Ciboney People, a subgroup of the Taino people who inh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
