Matanzas, Cuba, ca. 1957 : Afro-Cuban sacred music from the countryside.

Variant title Matanzas, Cuba, circa 1957
Portion of title Afro-Cuban sacred music from the countryside
Contents Toque Oyo (2:56) ; Toque Arará (3:59) ; Toque Mina-Yona : (obatalá) (2:19) (Domingo Hernández, Marcelo Carreras, Angel Rolando, drums ; Domingo Hernández, Jr., hoe blade) -- Mo juba ocha = I pay homage to the orisha (1:49) ; Ogâun Onile (1:55) (Inés Sotomayor and group) -- Ibarabo ago mo juba = Song for Eleguá (3:06) ; Song for Ogâun (3:16) ; Oshosi : Ayilodá mala mala de = Song for Oshosi (4:47) (Marcos Portillo Dominguez and group) -- Omodara dei = Song for Orishaoko (Emiliano de Armas and group) (2:59) -- Babaluaiyé (3:20) ; Shangó (5:18) ; Oyá (4:12) ; Yemayá (3:18) (Marcos Portillo Dominguez and group) -- Osain songs (Domingo Hernandez) (1:23) -- Guirigi tongo un mene mene ó (1:10) ; Magó kueki bay arere (1:22) ; Okun leo, vamo' pa' la loma (1:12) (Florinda Pastor, Agustin Diago and group) -- Toque Yesá : for Inlé (Domingo Hernández, Marcelo Carreras, Angel Rolando, drums ; Domingo Hernández, Jr., hoe blade) (1:52) -- Urâu Dadá (2:41) ; Shangó moforibale (2:52) ; Yeyé/Songs for Iroko (2:18) (Alberto Yenkins and group) -- Toque Yesá : for Oshâun (Domingo Hernández, Marcelo Carreras, Angel Rolando, drums ; Domingo Hernández, Jr., hoe blade) (1:36) -- Moforibale Ogâun = I pay homage to Ogâun (Unknown soloist with Inés Sotomayor and group) (1:42) -- Olokun (Fernando Hernández, vocals ; Inés Sotomayor's group) (1:58) -- Toque egbado (1:27) ; Toque de bembé (3:30) (Domingo Hernández, Marcelo Carreras, Angel Rolando, drums ; Domingo Hernández, Jr., hoe blade).
General note"[T]hese recordings preserve extremely rare bembé lukumi ritual drumming used by practitioners of Santeria to summon the gods or salute Cuba's African nations. ... With origins in Yoruba religion in West Africa, this music reveals the roots of today's Afro-Cuban ceremonial practices"--Original container.
General note"From the historic recordings of Lydia Cabrera and Josefina Tarafa"--Original container.
General notePreviously issued as compact disc.
General noteProgram notes in English, with bibliographical and discographical references, by Morton Marks (28 p. : ill.) inserted in original container.
Performer Various performers.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded in Matanzas, Cuba, 1957.
LanguageSung principally in Yoruba and Bantu.
UPC 093074049020

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