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Music of Haiti, Vol. 2: Drums of Haiti

Various Artists
Music of Haiti, Vol. 2: Drums of Haiti

Drummers featured on this album play the manman, moyen and bébé drums of vodoun, an often misrepresented organized religious and cultural practice that values communion with the land and respect for the community. The rhythms are said to chofé (or heat up) players and listeners alike, inspiring increasingly impassioned drumming and dancing. Folklorist, ethnographer and ethnomusicologist Harold Courlander, known for his important early work documenting the “vast unwritten literature, dances, music” of the Haitian peasants, released these field recordings from the mountain villages of Haiti before nearly any other recordings were available.

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Los tamboristas en este álbum tocan el manman, moyen y tambores bébé de vudú, una práctica religiosa y cultural organizada, a menudo tergiversada, que valora la comunión con la tierra y el respeto por la comunidad.

Los ritmos son dichos para chofé (o calentamiento) de jugadores y oyentes por igual, inspirando tambores y bailes cada vez más apasionados. El folklorista, etnógrafo y etnomusicólogo Harold Courlander, conocido por su importante trabajo inicial que documenta la ”vasta literatura hablada, los bailes, la música“ de los campesinos haitianos, lanzó estas grabaciones de campo de los pueblos de las montañas de Haití antes que casi cualquier otra de las grabaciones estuvieran disponibles.

Track Listing

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Vodoun Dance Three male Vodoun drummers 02:53
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Ibo Dance Three male Ibo drummers, ogan player 02:39
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Salongo Dance Two male Congo-Guinée drummers 01:07
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Juba Dance Two male drummers 01:31
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Petro Dance Male Pétro drummers 01:14
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Quitta Dance Congo-Guinée drummers 01:26
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Baboule Dance Three male drummers 01:14
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Mascaron Dance Male drummers with basse 01:50
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Congo Payette Dance Three male drummers 01:15
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Congo Larose Dance Three male drummers 01:34
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Ganbos Male percussionists with bamboo stamping tubes and ogan 02:05
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Vaccines Bamboo-trumpet players 00:41
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Bumba Dance Two male Congo-Guinée drummers 02:45