Batala London : A special performance

13 Jun 2015

Overview

Join over 40 members of the London-based Brazilian Samba drumming band playing a selection of some of the best samba reggae sounds. The Afro-Brazilian music originated in Salvador, the city with the largest black population outside of Africa, and the first band was founded in 1997 in Paris. There are now 31 Batala bands all over the globe that play this music, coming together for the Notting Hill and the Salvador Carnivals.