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Batala London are the latest addition to the worldwide Grupo Batala, started in the autumn of 2010 they will become the main link in the UK for the Paris/Salvador based organisation and with Batala Bristol starting next year the grupo will have a strong presence in the south of England.

..::...ERI OKAN...::..

Afro-Brazilian Roots Drums, Dance and Song AFRICA - BAHIA - LONDON....

Eri Okan = Consciência = Conscience The cultural movement grows, breathes and with each breath ideas are born. ERI OKAN: a band, an afro block, an expression of original street culture, integral to London; its roots in Samba-Reggae and the Afro-centric music of North East Brazil fused with Afro Beat and Jamaican Reggae.

Founded in April 2008 by Marcos Santana as an expansion of TRIBO Tinharé, TRIBO London is a non-profit based music organisation in Ladbrooke Grove. As a teacher Marcos leads the regular Afro-Brazilian drum workshops and Samba-Reggae sessions, introducing workshop students to Afro-Brazilian and South-American Indian culture and traditional costumes. These costumes are worn in TRIBO Bloco where TRIBO members come together for common performances at events such as carnivals in Bahia or London.