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How music crosses cultures and empowers communities

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Singing in Spanish, Portuguese and English, LADAMA brings a vibrant, energizing and utterly danceable musical set to the TED stage. In between performances of their songs "Night Traveler" and "Porro Maracatu," they discuss how cross-cultural musical collaboration can empower communities.

Singing in Spanish, Portuguese and English, LADAMA brings a vibrant, energizing and utterly danceable musical set to the TED stage. In between performances of their songs "Night Traveler" and "Porro Maracatu," they discuss how cross-cultural musical collaboration can empower communities.

This talk was presented at an official TED conference.

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LADAMA

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LADAMA is an ensemble of women musicians from across the Americas, singing original compositions in Spanish, Portuguese and English and combining disparate, traditional roots music with pop.

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This talk was presented at an official TED conference.