There is an eight year old die-hard Salsa community in Joburg and it is driven by Samson Mulugeta, the impresario behind Sunday afternoon Rooftop Salsa in Maboneng and Friday Salsa Nights at the Greensider Market. Who knew?
The Salsa dance originated in the 1970s in New York City, with strong Latin American influences from Cuba and Puerto Rico. Samson himself is from New York although he didn't take up Salsa dancing until he moved to Joburg. He came to Joburg as a student eight years ago and never left. Now he is a freelance journalist and Joburg's Salsa King.
Usually the Salsa scene looks like this ...
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| The Greensider last Friday night (from the Rooftop Salsa FB page) |
or this ...
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| the rooftop at Arts on Main (from the Rooftop Salsa FB page) |
But this Friday, Greenside was a victim of the dreaded load-shedding so it looked more like this ...
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| Salsa powered by generator |
But the mojitos were still flowing ...
He makes one good mojito!
So we danced in the dark.
We're not going to let a little load-shedding ruin our Salsa Night. We'll be back!
That looks like a lot of fun!
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ReplyDeleteIt was but we are a little rusty. Need to practice before do it again in broad daylight!
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