RoR CÓRDOBA BANDA DE SAMBA Y ACCIÓN
El 1 de Octubre de 2008 nació la banda de samba y acción RoR Córdoba. Desde el primer día entre 20 y 30 personas asistieron a los ensayos. Esta gente aprende rápidamente los ritmos, aunque aún tenemos muy poca experiencia en acciones.
Nuestro grupo se gestó en "La samba de la Gente" (Bélgica). Otras bandas de Córdoba (Tracá-Timbá y Maluko Dabeko) nos han ayudado desde el principo prestandonos instrumentos o haciendo promoción del grupo. El Círculo Cultural Juan XXIII nos ofreció un sitio para (...)

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RoR Córdoba ACTION SAMBA-BAND
On the 1st of October 2008 RoR Córdoba samba-action band was born. Since the first day between 20 to 30 people have been attending the rehearsals. These people have been learning the rhythms quickly, although the band has very short actionexperience.
We consider our group to be a daughter of "La samba de la Gente" (Gent samba band). Other samba bands of Córdoba (Tracá-Timbá and Maluko Dabeko) have also helped us from the beginning, lending instruments or spreading the (...)

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RoR Gent neemt deel aan manifestaties en directe axies over heel België én Europa. We dompelen de axies onder in een energieke sfeer van solidariteit, creativiteit en frivoliteit, waarin geweld geen plaats krijgt.
RoR Gent repeteert elke donderdag om 19u in het secretariaat van de Jeugdbond voor Natuur en Milieu (www.jnm.be). Sluit je ook aan bij onze manier van actievoeren! Neem eens een kijkje, een trommel en een paar stokken uit onze kelder en speel mee - ook al heb je nog nooit een (...)

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RoR Ghent is participating in manifestations and direct actions in whole Belgium and Europe. We create an energetic environment of solidarity, creativity and frivolity, in which there is no place for violence.
RoR Ghent has every Thursday at 19 o’clock a rehearsal in the secretary of the movement Youth Alliance for Nature and Environment (www.jnm.be). Join our way of doing actions! Come over and take a look, a drum and some sticks out of our basement and play with us - even if you have (...)

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Another get together of the UK RoR bands against war.
June 2007 - London. AntiWar Demo
Tip: The tune playing is Afoxe, and you can hear "break 1" (also known as "the tam break" because this is what the tam plays throughout the groove)

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Smash EDO - Carnival Against the Arms Trade 4th June 2008. Brighton, UK.

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A video of RoR London, Sheffield and Manchester at the anti-war demo on 26th Sept 06
26th September 2006 - AntiWar demo in Manchester. Rhythms of Resistance London, Sheffield, Manchester join forces. Around 50 sambistas, playing the Kalashnikov tune. Because of the large number of sambistas 2 mestres were used - one at the front and one in the middle.
Tip: The mestre at the front communicated any changes (e.g. breaks etc) 4 beats before the break with to the 2nd mestre (by showing the (...)

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RoR è un network internazionale di attivisti anticapitalisti che usano la samba come forma di azione politica. Usiamo la frivolezza tattica, l’ispirazione viene dai carnevali!, per confrontarci e criticare il sistema e come supporto diretto alle lotte contro ogni tipo di sfruttamento, discriminazione e oppressione. Rifiutiamo qualsiasi contrapposizione tra la militanza politica e forme creative di resistenza. Anche se siamo bande differenti che agiscono in modo decentralizzato abbiamo il (...)

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