Today Combo Chimbita share ‘Babalawo’, their newest single and its accompanying video.
The fourth song in a series of tracks telling a continuous story, “Babalawo” brings us on a modern journey through the literary legacy of Plato’s Cave with multidisciplinary artist Edrimael Delgado Reyes.
“Interpreting this song was a challenge, it has so much power and energy for me to embody through my movement,” said Delgado Reyes. “My hope is that people experience the joy and intensity I felt while dancing.” In Plato’s Cave, the band draw connections to a complacent society which feeds off the status quo until realizing there’s more to life. In the video, Delgado Reyes journeys through those same shadows and fear toward a realm of enlightenment where we see our combatant radiating through the fire with a defiant performance.
The collaboration was conceived by Oscar Diaz, who directed and produced this video as an ongoing auto-fictional narrative series with prominent Puerto Rican queer artists. “Edrimael, as the father of the vogue and ballroom scene in Puerto Rico, plays such a pivotal role as a visionary mentor for the trans and queer community,” Diaz explained. “I find there’s a secular parallel to a Babalawo who may lend wisdom and guidance for a path forward. Edrimael uses his body as a site of resistance and community building, paving the way for many trans and queer folks to lean into bold refusals of the colonial and patriarchal violence on the island.”
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