Headlining EtnoSur Festival 2018, Spain
"EtnoSur is headed into the unknown, crossing the oceans,." says on EtnoSur festival website. "The life and cultures of the islands in the Pacific and Indian oceans are the central theme of the festival this year. Through the project Small Island Big Song, who gave an unforgettable concert last night as one of the most surprising moments for the EtnoSur public."
The Concert took place at midnight, and included a wide repertoire of instruments of diverse origin on stage and on a huge screen that projected images of these beautiful islands and the music that emerges from them, as well as dance, aboriginal costumes and much more. All a dance of colors, sounds and emotions that did not leave anyone unmoved as Alcalá la Real was submerged for a couple of hours in the ocean depths, with it's different voices and languages to share the message: "The ocean unites us, not separate us".
Photo by Juan Ramon Sanchez 3000px Small Island01-2 Small Island01-23 Small Island01-21 etnosur 02 Small Island01-37 Small Island01-10 Small Island01-36 Small Island01-35 Small Island01-28 Small Island01-33 Small Island01-32 Small Island01-24 Small Island01-29 etnosur main stage
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Yoyo Tuki - Rapa Nui - Easter Island | Jerome Kavanagh - Maori - Aotearoa New Zealand
SiaoChun Tai - Paiwan - Taiwan
Alena Murang - Kelabit - Borneo | Charles Maimarosia - Are'Are - Solomon Islands
Ado Kaliting Pacidal - Pangcah - Taiwan | Tim Cole - Australia (Artistic Director)
Piteyo Ukah - Truku - Taiwan | Sammy Samoela - Merina - Madagascar
(All images by EtnoSur J. Ortega "Sitoh" & Juan Ramon Sanchez)
Live video of Small Island Big Song concert at EtnoSur festival.
Small Island Big Song on Spanish RTVE news.
Thank you to the EtnoSur festival's artistic director Pedro Melguizo & general manager Armando Ruah for believing in us and our vision, making our first headlining show at front of 15k people possible! A dream come true.
from Small Island Big Song
A festival that makes the Pacific and Indian Ocean islands its theme is a very different booking from a folk stage - the production has to carry a whole region's story, not just a set list. It is also the hardest kind of footage to cut together: outdoor festival light changes hour by hour, and the visual identity has to survive all of it. That is what I use Reference to Video for - reference frames keep the colour and framing steady across the set, so a festival recap still reads as one performance.