that s what i m talking about. but i wanted something to blow up. tejo is hungry work, but the kitchen here is up to the challenge, making a colombian picada. this is a huge selection of fried pork, pork rib, steak, cassava, potatoes, and deep fried plantain. i smell food. oh! oh, thank you. oh, that s good. you got a beer, explosives, and food? you can t beat that. [ man speaking spanish ] anthony: oh, yes! nice. yes! audience: oh!
my tejo buddies mario and will are the founders of a collective called ondatrópica. their idea was to reinterpret the tropical music heritage of colombia. what often sounds like salsa in style is actually cumbia. [ singing in spanish ] anthony: if there s one type of music that could be classified as distinctly colombian, this is it. [ singing in spanish ] anthony: cumbia draws on the music of the african, indigenous, and european mix that makes up the country. so will and mario created something a long way from the pop music that s a staple here. they brought together musicians who d been famous on the cumbia scene in the 50s and 60s and matched them up with younger counterparts.
name of this. mario: exactly, tejo. anthony: i should be good at this. i ve been throwing pots into the dish sink from across the room for years. wl: you win more points if you get it in the middle without hitting them. anthony: oh. will: yeah, so anthony: yeah, but that doesn t sound like any fun. will: everyone has a different style, it seems. so you got to do, like, one step and then another and swing. anthony: i don t think that style s going to work for me. after some early success, it turns out, we all pretty much suck at this. not enough beer. that s my problem. time to bring in some outside muscle. will: we re going to mix in now the experts. anthony: hey. eduardo: eduardo. [ player 2 speaking spanish ] anthony: who am i with? i m over here. with these guys. whoa!
santiago de cali, or just cali as everybody calls it in these parts, is a city in the southwest of colombia known for its proximity to the pacific coast and its semitropical temperatures. but i m not really here for the climate. i m here for tejo. it involves alcohol and explosives. colombian mario galeano, ex-pat will holland and their bandmates are to be my guides to this ancient and traditional colombian sport. [ people yelling and cheering ] anthony: how do you play this game? player 1: yeah! anthony: i guess that s how it s done. what do you call this object? mario: el tejo. anthony: el tejo. mario: tejo. anthony: hence hence the