Barrio Fino

Logo Design for a Congo Musical Group from Portobello, Panamá.

Los Congos is a culture, musical genre and Afrocolonial dance concentrated mainly in the coast north and south of the Province of Colón, in Panama, which are characterized by a violent and erotic expression when dancing, and is almost always associated with a kind of mimic and theatrical representation, whose theme is historical episodes of the infamous black trade, slavery and the ensuing black rebellions during the times of conquest and colonialism. Likewise it is considered the oldest genre and drum dance of the Isthmus of Panama.

Design of a logo for a Congo group, for La Escuelita del Ritmo, of Portobello, Panama. La Escuelita del Ritmo is an NGO that uses culture and mainly artistic education as instruments of socialization and social development.

Keywords: Festivities + Percussions + Black Painted Faces

Client:

La Escolita del Ritmo

Design:

All is Singular