Recorded in Matanzas in 1957, these ritual rhythms provide a direct link to the music of 19th-century colonial Cuba and provide a window into the religious life of the first generations of Africans who worked the sugar mills. Collected by Lydia Cabrera and Josefina Tarafa, these recordings preserve extremely rare bembé lukumi ritual drumming used by practitioners of Santería to summon the gods or salute Cuba's African nations. It is remarkably different from the urban style heard today in Havana, although some of the same songs were sung in both city and countryside. With origins in Yoruba religion in West Africa, this music reveals the roots of today's Afro-Cuban ceremonial practices. 32-page booklet with extensive notes and photos. 69 minutes
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Toque Oyo
Domingo Hernández, Marcelo Carreras, Angel Rolando, and Domingo Hernández, Jr.
02:59
2
Toque Arará
Domingo Hernández, Marcelo Carreras, Angel Rolando, and Domingo Hernández, Jr.
04:02
3
Toque Mina--Yona (Obatalá)
Domingo Hernández, Marcelo Carreras, Angel Rolando, and Domingo Hernández, Jr.
02:22
4
Mo juba ocha (I Pay Homage to the Orisha)
Inés Sotomayor
01:53
5
Ogún Onile
Inés Sotomayor
01:58
6
Ibarabo ago mo juba (Song for Eleguá)
Marcos Portillo Domínguez
03:09
7
Song for Ogún
Marcos Portillo Domínguez
03:20
8
Oshosi Ayilodá Mala Mala De (Song for Oshosi)
Marcos Portillo Domínguez
04:47
9
Omodara Deí (Song for Orishaoko)
Emiliano de Armas
03:02
10
Babluaiyé
Marcos Portillo Domínguez
11
Shangó
Marcos Portillo Domínguez
05:22
12
Oyá
Marcos Portillo Domínguez
04:16
13
Yemayá
Marcos Portillo Domínguez
03:22
14
Osain Songs
Domingo Hernández
01:26
15
Guirigi tongo un mene mene ó
Florinda Pastor, Agustín Diago
01:13
16
Magó kueki baya arere
Florinda Pastor, Agustín Diago
01:25
17
Okun leo, vamo' pa' la loma
Florinda Pastor, Agustín Diago
01:15
18
Toque Yesá for Inlé
Domingo Hernández, Marcelo Carreras, Angel Rolando, and Domingo Hernández, Jr.
01:55
19
Urú Dadá
Alberto Yenkins
02:41
20
Shangó moforibale
Alberto Yenkins
02:55
21
Yeyé (Songs for Iroko)
Alberto Yenkins
02:21
22
Toque Yesá for Oshún
Domingo Hernández, Marcelo Carreras, Angel Rolando, and Domingo Hernández, Jr.
01:40
23
Moforibale Ogún (I Pay Homage to Ogún)
Inés Sotomayor
01:45
24
Olokun
Fernando Hernández
02:01
25
Toque egbado
Domingo Hernández, Marcelo Carreras, Ángel Rolando, and Domingo Hernández, Jr.
01:27
Toque de bembé
Domingo Hernández, Marcelo Carreras, Ángel Rolando, and Domingo Hernández, Jr.
03:31
