So there I was, quietly minding my own business, cooking vegetables on the grill, when all of a sudden I was immersed in the sound of drumming, and surrounded by costumed red devils dancing.
They were at the Columbia City Market promoting a performance at the Rainier Valley Youth Theatre, in conjunction with The African ConeXion Project. The theater will be showing an original play hosting two Peruvian guest artists, about a Peruvian ex-pat who returns home from New York and re-connects with his heritage.
El Son de Los Diablos, or the traditional Afro-Peruvian Devil's Dance, was thrilling, especially because of the way it took me by surprise. And the market was a perfect venue for it: a casual community gathering with lots of kids, where anything can happen.
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