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¡Viva viernes!        (Long live Friday! In other words, TGIF!)

La fecha es el treinta (30) de agosto del año dos mil veinticuatro. (The date is August 30, 2024.)

Join Carlos Vives’ celebration of Colombian culture with Pa’ Mayté (For Mayté), an invitation to join in a bembé, a Yoruba dance celebration.

“Y ahí llego yo, llego yo y ahí vamo’ a vé” (And I am arriving there, I’m arriving and we will see there),

“Vamo’ a vé como es gozá…es gozá con el bembé” (We’re going to see how it is to enjoy… it is to enjoy the bembé).

“El bembé africano e’” (The bembé is African).

“Mírala, mírala que linda e’” (Look at her, look at how pretty she is),

“Se le ve yo no sé qué” (You can see I don’t know what),

“No se qué tiene Mayté” (I don’t know what Mayté has).

¡Bailemos y cantemos! (Let’s dance and sing!) Sing along to la letra (the lyrics).

¡Que tengas un viernes vivaz!        (May you have a lively Friday!)

L. A. Feliz

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