{"id":6913,"date":"2017-09-27T16:13:34","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T16:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/?p=6913"},"modified":"2017-09-27T16:13:34","modified_gmt":"2017-09-27T16:13:34","slug":"burundi-represented-in-rock-in-rio-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/burundi-represented-in-rock-in-rio-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Burundi represented in Rock in Rio festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bernard Ndoricimpa and Alfred Nyandwi (cultural singers) were thrilled to bits to be part of an international festival, spreading a message of love and unity on behalf of Burundi. Since Monday 18th September, the duo travelled to Rio (Brazil) to play their traditional music \u201cumuduri\u201d in Rock in Rio Festival.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Bernard Ndoricimpa and Alfred Nyandwi<\/p><\/div>\n

In t-shirts and jeans of the same colour and with smiling faces, one could easily read the happiness in the eyes of the two gentlemen, back to Bujumbura this September 27th. \u201cI can\u2019t describe the feeling I had\u2026It was more than just a festival, to me\u201d says Alfred Nyandwi. As for Bernard Ndoricimpa, it was a great experience: \u201cI had never participated in such a huge and fabulous festival. It\u2019s really a joy to behold,\u201d says Bernard Ndoricimpa enthusiastically.<\/p>\n

The festival got together singers from all over the world and the two cultural singers were pleased to be part of the guests. \u201cWe were honoured to take part in the festival as artists. There was an audience of more than eighty thousand people. We were with other quite famous artists like Alicia Keys and Justin Timberlake,\u201d says Alfred Nyandwi.<\/p>\n

The duo appeals to Burundi government especially the ministry in charge of art and music to support them. \u201cI was uplifted by the way they treated us. They know the true value of singers,\u201d says Bernard Ndoricimpa. He adds that Burundi should support artists in their works: \u201cSometimes we need their signature so that our project be financed but it is difficult to get it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe didn\u2019t go there as Alfred and Bernard but as Burundians. We represent Burundi. They should help us move forward,\u201d added Alfred Nyandwi.<\/p>\n

The two Burundian singers say the \u201cumuduri\u201d traditional music also has something in common with the Brazilian culture. This has earned them a dual performance with Brazilian artists. \u201cThey play the same music but the distinction is that their instrument is made of one calabash, while ours is made of three calabashes\u201d. Alfred Nyandwi added that they have made some videos together and hope that they will be released soon.
\nBurundi takes part in this festival for the first time since its beginning in 1985.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bernard Ndoricimpa and Alfred Nyandwi (cultural singers) were thrilled to bits to be part of an international festival, spreading a message of love and unity on behalf of Burundi. Since Monday 18th September, the duo travelled to Rio (Brazil) to play their traditional music \u201cumuduri\u201d in Rock in Rio Festival. In t-shirts and jeans of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6915,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,670],"tags":[1204,1203],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6913"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6913"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6916,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6913\/revisions\/6916"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iwacu-burundi.org\/englishnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}