Today we are presenting the11th and second to last part of Paises, Countries where we celebrate 2 countries in 2 separate segments of 30 minutes each. Today we are celebrating Ecuador and Honduras.

The music of Ecuador is a diverse aspect of Ecuadorian culture and includes indigenous styles and Afro Ecuadorian styles like Pasillo and Bomba. Among the Amerindian style we can highlight Otavalo and Pasacalles, and Little Waltz, and Yaraby are also popular folk songs.

Honduras includes Punta, Parranda, Bachata, Salsa, Cumbia Merengue, Soca, Calypso and Afro Honduras rhythms, and make the Hondureños some of the more versatile people when it comes to popular music.

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“Nuestra Música,” “Our Music,” presents the rhythms and folklore of Latin America, Spain, Portugal and Cape Verde. From Tango to Flamenco and all Latinx music in between. The show explores the native instruments, languages and traditions played in 22 countries and one territory. Other than Spanish and Portuguese, Nuestra Música presents songs in Quechua, Mapuche, Guaraní, Nahuatl, Gallego, Spanish Basque, and Catalán. Among many styles we present: Tango, Chacarera, Baguala, Zamba with a Z and Samba with and S, Bossa Nova, Cumbia, Llanero, Vallenato, Merengue, Parrandera, Son, Bolero, Ranchera, Corrido, Marimba, Fado, Flamenco, Sevillanas, Jota, Blues, Jazz, Danzon, Mambo and many more. The countries presented are Argentina // Bolivia // Brazil // Cape Verde // Chile // Colombia // Costa Rica // Cuba // Dominican Republic // Ecuador // El Salvador // Guatemala // Honduras // Mexico // Nicaragua // Panama // Paraguay // Peru // Portugal // Puerto Rico // Spain // Uruguay // Venezuela //

Mariano Vera is a former art and literature critic in La Prensa Buenos Aires and National Public Radio, Argentina; Editor of Crónica Newspaper in D.C., Maryland and Virginia, and radio host in Sarasota FL, Hudson New York, and Pacifica Radio Stations.