congaplace.com

THOUGHT THESE SHOULD BE SHOWN.

I saw some unfinished one-piece shells like that on craigslist/eBay... I wonder if they're the same ones and now finished??? What do you know about this set?

Very nice! What's Chinito? A company? a person? or a cool way to say "fine set of" bata.

Chinito is the name for the group of rumberos from the Corea section of Havana (I believe Corea is in La Habana or on the outskirts, can anyone confirm?) In any case a student of Los Chinitos is helping them make some bata w/ rope and w/ hardware and selling them between $800-$1000 a set. They look pretty nice and are a solid piece of cedar. Los Chinitos are credited with having "invented" the guarapachanguero rhythm. In Cuba there are a couple of famous names or Rumba Groups or families...Los Aspirinas, Los Chinitos, Los Villamil, etc....I have found it funny that the name is "Los Chinitos De Corea"...which in English translates to "The Chinese from Korea".

check out:

http://www.apozo82.blogspot.com/

Thanks Ralph! Good info!

You can find a translation of an interview Antoine did with Chinito member Pedro Lopez here.

Ralph, yeah in Cuba all asians or even white and blacks that have slanted eyes is refered to as chino or china. I saw a video of Pio Leyva or Mayito in Japan calling a Japanese girl "china" I was bugging since there is some type or rivalry between Japanese and Chinese people but they din't take it the wrong way I guess.

Great Blog Guarachon!!
Pardon me for my ignorance, but is that your blog? It's really deep and really well done!!!

thanks windhorse, yes that's my blog, glad you like it. I get lots of help from Patricio as well.

saludos
Barry

Thanks very much for the comments!
We' ve just made a little video with Piri to promove the drums, he' ve made a great performance!
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=ykto9Cv1kyA

We propose the drums at 550€ (picture), 650€ (bigger Iya) and 800€ (cedro).


These are the 2nd generation Batas.


http://apozo82.blogspot.com/
antoine.miniconi@gmail.com
Saludos!

Beautifull , realy beautifull.
Antoine , can you still get a set of these for sale ?
Please let me know. Also can i buy any lessons on
Bata from Piri , or conga lessons aswell ?
Im realy interested, plus im a huge fan Piri & his
family. I look foward to hearing from you.
Take care . Thanks again.

Gose you bugged out kid... Where you at son....