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Cult Music of Cuba

Various Artists
Cult Music of Cuba These recordings were made in Havana, Guanabacoa, and Matanzas Province in 1940, during a field trip sponsored by the American Council of Learned Societies, in cooperation with Columbia University’s Archive of Primitive Music.

"African traditions have survived strongly, in some respects, to this day. Music and dancing of the African variety have persisted in the cabildos, or societies, organized by the Afro-Cubans. A great many of these societies have a religious basis, while others are survivals of secret organizations which existed previously on the African continent..."


Estas grabaciones fueron realizadas en La Habana, Guanabacoa, y Matanzas en 1940, durante un trabajo de campo financiado por el American Council of Learned Societies, en cooperación con el Archive of Primitive Music de Columbia University.

"Las herencia de las tradiciones africanas ha sobrevivido de manera muy fuerte, en algunos aspectos, hasta nuestros días. Música y danza de origen africano han sobrevivido en los cabildos organizados por los cubanos de piel negra. Una buena cantidad de estas sociedades tienen un carácter religioso, mientras que otras son remanentes de sociedades secretas que existían previamente en el continente africano..."


Track Listing

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Song to Legba and Yemayá Two male voices with iyá (drum) and atcheré (rattle) 03:09
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102
Lucumí Song Two male voices with iyá (drum) and atcheré (rattle) 01:24
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103
Song to Orisha Oko Female singer 01:25
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104
Abakwá Song (1) Male chorus and drums, Guanabacoa 02:36
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105
Song to Orisha Changó Male chorus and drums 02:41
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Abakwá Song (2) Male chorus and drums, Guanabacoa 02:45
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202
Djuka Drums Three men playing drums 00:57
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203
Lucumí Drums Lucumí drum ensemble 00:56
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204
Djuka Song Male chorus and drums 00:51
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205
Song to Changó Male chorus and drums 02:48
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206
Song to Obatalá Male chorus and drums 02:37