Peruvian band at the Fina Estampa restaurant

General Note/Comment

• One reel to reel (plus copied onto audio cassette: C86-56). Recording of a Peruvian band performing at a Miami restaurant. The band's music (Vals music) was considered creole, for it contained Latino, African, and Indian elements. The recording only has two songs. The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.