旅者說故事 Traveler's Tales
手風琴故事：【哥倫比亞國韻─Vallenato】
【Vallenato and the Story of the Accordion】
講者│Lecture：瑪莎•豪俐 Martha Hawley
■地點：中國文化大學推廣教育部1F藝文廊
■時間：2005/10/01 15:00-16:00
〈自由入座 〉
瑪莎•豪俐 現為自由創作家，目前旅居荷蘭阿姆斯特丹，為荷蘭國際電台策劃製作古巴、巴拿馬、美國、加拿大、斯里蘭卡、伊斯蘭、巴勒斯坦、卡麥隆、埃及、荷蘭等地的社會文化議題紀錄節目。
Martha Hawley is a documentary filmmaker and staff producer at Radio Netherlands. Born and raised in the US, Hawley studied Latin American history and culture in Bogota, Colombia and Modern Chinese at Yale University. She has worked as a teacher and trainer in Hong Kong and Palestine, and currently resides in the Netherlands.
哥倫比亞年輕人的派對中，有饒舌、舞曲、電音、搖滾、雜色嘻哈，各色世界聲響應有盡有。但是，任何派對中若少了哥倫比亞人的國韻Vallenatos，就稱不上一場完整的派對。這國韻的成份包括：非洲節奏與打擊樂、瘋狂的即興與德國製手風琴，名字源起於原住民族地區”Valle”。
過去，Vallenato樂人是遊唱至城市的部落吟唱詩人。傳說中，化身樂人的魔鬼向一位名為「法藍西男子漢」的手風琴手下戰帖。雖然魔鬼技藝精湛，但是法藍西技高一籌，最後撒旦與他的手風琴消失雲霧中 …….
"When young Colombians get together to party, they groove to the global sounds heard everywhere. Rap, dance, techno, rock, merengue hip-hop - it's all available. But no gathering is considered complete without the musical crown of Colombia's best-loved national sound. The ingredients: African rhythms and percussion, wild improvisations and German accordion. But it's named after the natives of the area called 'Valle', 'nato de Valle' and that becomes: VALLENATO.
In the old days the Vallenato musicians were troubadours wandering from village to town. But legend has it that the style was invented by a man known as 'Francisco el Hombre' - an accordion virtuoso who was challenged in a musical showdown by the Devil himself. The Devil was a great player, but Francisco was BETTER, and he made Satan disappear (with his accordion) in a cloud of smoke."