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

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Cabrera, Lydia
Tarafa, Josefina
Language:Yoruba
Bantu (Other)
Language and/or Writing System:
Sung principally in Yoruba and Bantu.
Published: Washington, DC : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, [2001], ℗2001.
Subjects:
Santeria music > Cuba > Matanzas (Province)
Black people > Cuba > Matanzas (Province) > Music.
Folk music > Cuba > Matanzas (Province)
Percussion ensembles.
Folk songs, Yoruba > Cuba > Matanzas (Province)
Folk songs, Bantu > Cuba > Matanzas (Province)
Field recordings > Cuba > Matanzas (Province)
Genre:
Music.
Physical Description:1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Matanzas, Cuba, circa 1957.
Afro-Cuban sacred music from the countryside.
Format: CD Audio
Description
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"--Container.
"From the historic recordings of Lydia Cabrera and Josefina Tarafa"--Container.
Compact disc.
Sound recording.
Call Number:CD 100767
Participant or Performer:
Various performers.
Event Details:
Recorded in Matanzas, Cuba, 1957.