093074049020

Matanzas, Cuba, Ca. 1957: Afro-cuban Sacred Music From The Countryside

Various Artists

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Format: CD

Cat No: SFW40490

Release Date:  25 September 2001

Label:  Smithsonian Folkways

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  093074049020

Genres:  World Music  Latin Music  

  • Description

    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.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Toque Oyo
      • 2. Toque Arara
      • 3. Toque Mina-Yona (Obatala)
      • 4. Mo Juba Ocha (I Pay Homage To The Orisha)
      • 5. Ogun Onile
      • 6. Ibarabo Ago Mo Juba
      • 7. Song For Ogun
      • 8. Oshosi Ayiloda Mala Mala De
      • 9. Omodara Dei
      • 10. Babluaiye
      • 11. Shango
      • 12. Oya
      • 13. Yemaya
      • 14. Osain Songs
      • 15. Guirigi Tongo Un Mene Mene O
      • 16. Mago Kueki Baya Arere
      • 17. Okun Leo
      • 18. Vamo' Pa' La Loma
      • 19. Toque Yesa For Inle
      • 20. Uru Dada
      • 21. Shango Moforibale
      • 22. Yeye/Songs For Iroko
      • 23. Toque Yesa For Oshun
      • 24. Moforibale Ogun
      • 25. Olokun
      • 26. Toque Egbado
      • . Toque De Bembe