La Saramuya is a Pic\u00f3 Sound System born from an immersion in Colombia\u2019s Caribbean culture. Inspired by Barranquilla’s carnival and the legendary Pic\u00f3 street parties known as “Verbenas”, La Saramuya is a fully Barranquilla-built pic\u00f3 now based in Athens, and moving across Europe. This Pic\u00f3 was built with the guidance and specifications of local experts, and embodies the craftsmanship and sound that define this culture, including the artwork by Maestro William Guti\u00e9rrez. A smaller sister pic\u00f3 remains in Barranquilla, maintaining the connection between both systems and fostering cultural exchange. Blending new and old sounds, La Saramuya carries a clear cultural mission to transport the dance floor into a musical Odyssey, remaining faithful to her roots with every performance, to make this culture grow and evolve, always with the utmost respect to the Cultura Picotera. <\/p>
Behind the project is Stefanos Donikian (Stivako), a Greek-Armenian DJ and vinyl selector raised in Ethiopia. His sets blend traditional and more contemporary Pic\u00f3 sounds \u2014 African, Afro-Latin, Brazilian and Caribbean rhythms from the 60s, 70s and 80s \u2014 recreating the raw energy and experience of the legendary Verbenas.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
La Saramuya is a Pic\u00f3 Sound System born from an immersion in Colombia\u2019s Caribbean culture. Inspired by Barranquilla’s carnival and the legendary Pic\u00f3 street parties known as “Verbenas”, La Saramuya is a fully Barranquilla-built pic\u00f3 now based in Athens, and moving across Europe. This Pic\u00f3 was built with the guidance and specifications of local experts, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":32459,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"event-cat":[86],"nationality":[80],"destination":[],"topic":[],"language":[361],"class_list":["post-32461","speaker","type-speaker","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event-cat-conference-el","nationality-greece-el","language-greek-el-2"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.athensmusicweek.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Stefanos-Donikian.jpg","ams_acf":[{"key":"year_showing","label":"Year Showing","value":"2026"},{"key":"job_title","label":"Job Title","value":"DJ\/Vinyl Selector & Colector \/ Curator, La Saramuya Pic\u00f3 Sound System"},{"key":"social_media","label":"Social Media","value":[{"link":{"title":"Instagram","url":"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/stivako\/","target":""}}]}],"yoast_head":"\n