MIAMI.- It has been 40 years since the Payasitas Nifu Nifa They went to a first birthday party to bring laughter, joy and children’s music to nios from Venezuela and, later, from other Spanish-speaking countries. And to celebrate these four decades, the Venezuelan group launches Sweet Sweet Goodalbum number 31 that has nine songs and the participation of Venezuelan artists who have joined this musical party.
“Seeing how the Nifu Nifa Payasitas have grown and become a symbol of joy for so many people is a dream come true. I am excited for this celebration,” the director and founder, Gianna Lodi, told DIARIO LAS AMRICAS.
For this psychopedagogue who graduated from the Avepane University Institute (Venezuelan Association for Parents and Friends of Special Children), this album represents a journey that began in 1984 and that has been characterized by its premise being educational and quality content for the little ones in the house.
“Con Sweet Sweet Good We go from 1984 to 2000. We walk through four decades that make a difference, since the album works on the immediate memory – progressive and regressive – and the child’s motor skills because today’s child is very digital: you are A phone falls and you tell the child: ‘unlock it, I don’t know where to get in’, and they automatically know many things, they are born with it. But they are children who, although they are probably very advanced on a digital level, need to exercise their mind, body and skills,” explained Lodi, who has studied the child of this generation with a multidisciplinary team.
“Within the interdisciplinary group of Nifu Nifa there are parents, school principals, teachers, and educational psychologists. There is a group of people who have closely analyzed the child of 2000, the child of your era. Nifu Nifa, from its independent productions up to now – we are talking about 2005 onwards – has worked to ensure that these children have this type of material with good, current music,” added the clown with the pink wig.
When carrying out this study, Las Payasitas Nifu Nifa reached a conclusion that, in a certain way, has become a current reality: the taste for reggaeton in the children’s population. As this genre is a constant among the younger generations, the group chose to bring urban sounds to the realm of purposeful music.
“Kids love reggaeton and reggaeton has an addictive sound that sticks to you and you automatically start to move, like I say: ‘it has a tune, tune that doesn’t leave you.’ With this analysis, we decided to put together a purposeful lyric about that musical genre, which is what makes it stand out within the Latin Grammys. Bim Bom Bam! y They are still alive Because the base of both albums is reggaeton, which is softened with an accordion and the sound of cumbia,” explained Gianna Lodi.
Nine educational and interactive themes
The production of Sweet Sweet Good It has nine songs, eight of which are educational and interactive, since the ninth song is – in the words of the founder – a message of gratitude to the country where Nifu Nifa was born: Venezuela.
“The time between choosing the songs, being able to record and do so many things, we could say that it took six months, something like that, because the repertoire that we always choose is very delicate since for us it is very important to know what is chosen, to know what we are going to do. to do. This is how Sweet Sweet Good “It has nine songs with which we celebrate the 40th anniversary… and eight of these songs are educational and totally interactive,” Lodi said.
This is how Two by Two, Let’s Count, Aeiou, When You’re Sad, Nifu Nifa’s Farm, Dun Dun Dara, The Bridge y To sleep They celebrate the four decades of the group that has a Latin Grammy nomination in the category Best Latin Music Album for Children. While I am Venezuela joins this celebration to thank them for the support they have received since the 80’s. Gratitude that features the voices of Venezuelans Arturo Cabrera, El Pollo Brito, Yasmil Marrufo, Diviana, Simón, Anais, Alfonso Teran, Marger, Nelson Arrieta, Karen Martelo, Jonathan Acosta, Children’s Choir from the Csar Rengifo group and C4 Trio; all of them accompanied by the flute of Huscar Barradas, the maracas of Laylita, the harp of Eduardo Betancourt and the strings of Venezuela Strings.
“I thought of artists who would accompany us to be the spokesperson for a description of my country, which welcomed a recent graduate in psychopedagogy with many dreams in her head and with a reality before me – because she was the psychopedagogue of a school in Caracas called Bolívar y Garibaldi – to accompany me to make this dream come true,” responded Gianna Lodi when asked about the selection of artists for the recording of I am Venezuela. “With the ninth song, Nifu Nifa could not say goodbye by sending a spoken message because Nifu Nifa does it by singing,” added Lodi, who wrote the song under the musical production of Arturo Cabrera.
About the Nifu Nifa Clowns
Founded on September 27, 1984 in Caracas, the Payasitas Nifu Nifa is one of the most recognized children’s entertainment artistic groups in America.
It was created by Gianna Mara Lodi Ibarra, a native of Caracas and licensed Psychopedagogist, who has 40 years of experience in the different areas of recreation and entertainment for children in Latin America, the United States, Canada and the Caribbean.
“Nifu nifa is a factory to make good moments, have beautiful memories and live in love, music and harmony; it is a factory,” said Gianna María Lodi Ibarra, who is preparing with the group to tour several cities with Sweet Sweet Good.
