¡QUE VIVA CHANGÓ! MUSIC AND AFRO-CUBAN RELIGIOSITY IN PERU IN THREE DECADES (1980-2010)

Abstract

The cuban migration to Peru has been an issue that has not been explored with profundity
however, playing certain attention to the establishment of the migratory waves of cubans
that have anchored in the country since the political conflict origined in Cuba in 1980.
This will leads to describe peripheral phenomena, such as musical influences and afrocuban
religious tradition like santeria and Ifá. We can observe how music has been a channel that has allowed religious influence in the country since the arrival of cuban
musical groups into the mainstream of Lima. The popularity of “salsa” in restaurants,
night clubs, cuban bars and the creation of temple houses in the city. This article proposes
an approach of cuban background in Peru; considering the influence of music as a
determining factor in the popularization of religious traditions as transnational cultural
leaks between the people, countries and places.