Resilience and Afro-Mexican culture on the coast of Oaxaca in a visual and spiritual journey towards freedom.
During the early period of the Spanish conquest, Gaspar Yanga He was a guide and key figure in the history of Afro-descendant resistance in America. This Afro-Mexican leader, born in Africa and brought to New Spain as a slave, became a symbol of freedom and resistance when he led a slave rebellion in the 17th century. After facing the fight, Yanga founded what is considered the first free town in America known asor San Lorenzo de los Negros, Yanga, Veracruz. This achievement represented freedom and the beginning of a legacy of resistance that has endured through the centuries in Afro-Mexican communities.
Emerging from Mexico City, Black Rooster Sound has positioned itself as one of the most prominent and valued groups on the local and international scene, it has made us dance until dawn with its mixtures of psychedelic cumbia with an aesthetic inspired by mysticism and the occult. This aesthetic is manifested in the richness and diversity of the Oaxacan coast; janl video of “Yanga”, Black Rooster Sound transforms the vibrant costsace of Chacahua in a scene of resistance and spirituality, where the past and present intertwine to tell a story of identity.
Co-produced by Scar and Root, both production companies dedicated to fiction in order to support emerging Mexican talent and focused on giving visibility to cultures and events with deep roots; accompanied by the address of Audrey Del Piccolo and Amaury Barreramake the work a tribute to Afro-Mexican cultures that proudly resist their history and traditions.
The journey of Yanga begins in the reincarnation of Gaspar Yanga in the protagonist, Sami Herrera, in the waters of Chacahua. Among open skies, lush jungles and golden sands, his figure emerges as a symbol of strength and serenity, embodying an ancestral spirit.
Through diverse landscapes that reflect the richness and diversity of the Oaxacan coast, the video presents Yanga as a silent and powerful observer, walking along beaches and mangroves, capturing the continuity of a legacy that has endured generations.
It is undoubtedly a celebration, but it also makes us value the fight for the dignity and visibility of the people and cultures of our country. Beyond paying tribute to Gaspar Yanga as historical leader, Black Rooster Sound It becomes a guide to reconnect with our roots and honor the memory of those who built a legacy of freedom in Mexican lands.
This video is a bridge between history and the present, a visual manifesto that allows us to feel the resistance and strength of a culture that has never stopped fighting for its space and its identity. ““Yanga” It is, in each painting and each gesture, a declaration of pride and belonging to a heritage that resists and celebrates its existence in the face of time and oblivion.
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