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Let me tell you about this song! As you may notice on this album I did some composition with the topic slavery. Now this song is not on the album. This is a traditional song from my country Suriname. I did this with a jazz /latin trio ' A Dyari '. Me playing the guitar, my friend Kenrick on drums and my buddy Gerold on the double bass. The titel of the song is - Alontyi Kon Dansi- . Translation- Alontyi is the name of a slave. Kon Dansi means ' come on and dance. So you see the Suriname languages is actually English but lets say spoken with an African slang. Slave were not allowed to speak their own languages. There are stories that slave owners will cut out their tongue if they hear them speaking. Also slaves were not allowed to dance. The story is that back in those days there was a huge celebration in Suriname. The King (from the Netherlands, Suriname was a colony of Holland) was invited and also the governor and other high political officials. For this occasion the governor of Suriname gave one slave permission to dance before the King. His name was Alontyi. The lyrics. (translated) ' Alontyi come and dance' ' Alontyi come and dance' ' Dance let the King see you dance' 'Dance let the governor see you dancing '. This track is an instrumental. I tried to bring happiness in this version. The intro is a little sad but i hope you feel the joy of Alontyi and of course from all the other slaves, because with celebrations like this the slaves had one day free! ' Enjoy.more