This is not the first time I have written about music dedicated to the gods Orissa: Most recently, here “Afro-Latin Santos sing for ancestors and culture.” In 2011, I wrote “é Qué viva Changó !: West African gods in America”, and there is a 2016 comment in reference to President Barack Obama. Orissa Ochun addressed the Cubans. Before that, in 2014, I had a big New Year’s Eve celebration in Brazil, “New Year’s Eve in Rio for the Goddess of the Sea, Imanja.”
Most readers live within the boundaries of the American mainland, and in cities with large Caribbean populations. It is often assumed that the religious and spiritual practices of those groups fit into clean Catholic or Protestant boxes. This is not the reality: many practitioners have incorporated European- and African-derived spiritual traditions. However, when surveyed, they respond to demographers with socially acceptable answers, thus many Caribbean Latinos are listed only as “Catholic”. Although they may have attended Mass on Sunday, they were probably at a festival as well Orissa on Saturday. In the Haitian-American region, the situation is the same for practitioners Voodoo, As for the people of Trinidad, where the so-called “Baptist” moniker includes Shango, Or a spiritual Baptist.
The revolutionary Cuban government, led by Fidel Castro, initially tried to suppress African diasporic religious practices on the island, but changed gear when it became a popular tourist attraction. Conjanto Folklorico Nacional was founded in 1962, and has regional dance companies.
To achieve a sense of harmony Orissa Music and dance, we will start with a Yorùbá Andabo performance.
Yoruba Andabo It was established in 1961 and its reputation in the national and international arena has never stopped growing. The Havana group is named after the Cuban nationality. Yoruba: Represents the religion of the great African continent that was later incorporated into Cuban culture and Andabo: Friends or fans in the language carabalí.
This video shows the traditional style of singing, dancing, and playing the drums. Orissa. The dancer’s movements echo the feeling of water and waves. She is wearing a traditional dance costume for Yemya, in her blue. Dance is associated with music, as it is “mounted” by a priest while dancing on the sacred drum. Orissa; Rituals by the followers The possession of the soul is seen as an opportunity to talk to or be with the divine.
In this video, you can see Yusimi Moya Rodriguez, a dancer with the above Conjanto Folklorico Nacional in Cuba, performing some basic Lukumi (Yoruba) dances for Yemya, set to formal drums and songs. Was gone.
Traditionally, no Orissa The event or ceremony is opened by an invitation from Allegua Orissa Who is an angel and the owner of the crossroads. Blues fans are probably familiar with the hoodoo myths surrounding bluesman Robert Johnson who deals with Allegua at the crossroads.
From Saxto Santido, this is my favorite Capella invitation to Allegua.
If you think that for songs Orissa And other West African religious traditions that were brought here during slavery, made only in the Spanish-speaking population, meet Ella Andal.
Andel, whose voice is well-known throughout the Caribbean and world music circles, may not be a familiar name to you. Caroline Taylor wrote this profile for the Caribbean Beat in 2014.
Andal was born in Grenada – no one dared ask for a date – and moved to Trinidad when she was eight or nine. He found Trinidad very different from Grenada. For the first time, he experienced discomfort with disbelief in anything “black” and “very African”. But he was brought up in a home and a family that inherited the West African traditions of his ancestors, and he resisted any attempt to remove him from those traditions, even by singing in school choirs. He also refused to sing where he would be asked to sing differently. .
Andal is one ਰੀLorisha, Or Orissa devotees. It is a way of life that celebrates the divine in the ancestors and nature, with the various aspects and forces of the natural world presented in Orissa, which are manifestations of each God, or Olodumara. Andal’s two CDs –Oriki Ogun And Sango Baba Vaurikis, or hymns, sung in Yoruba, include special Orissans. Two more collections of Oriki, In honor of Oshun and Ishu, coming later this year. Many of them Oriki Passed by generations, while some are original works. When Orissa is called by chanting and prayer, you can testify – or experience – the kind of manifestations that are known to produce Andal’s performance. You don’t even have to be an Olorissa to experience an expression – Orissa does not discriminate by religion, color, or any other classification.
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With his suit Oriki For Ogun and Shango, his recordings have filled in the blanks. Oriki Ogun An authentic African vibe has become the soundtrack for every occasion. Trinidadian filmmaker Yao Ramesar used his music in his film Sista God, Which premiered at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival. “I’ve always loved his music,” he says. “For me, he’s on top with Billy Holiday, Bessie Smith, Mahalia Jackson, Miriam Macbeth, Ella Fitzgerald.”
Here are Andall’s orikis (Praise song) to Jeremiah. To my surprise, while watching the visual montage together by YouTuber Nathaniel Lewis at 1:56 am, I saw a photo of myself!
it’s not Orissa-Related, but I like this upbeat tune from Andal, which calls for the power of love.
Lyrics:
Bring down the power of love, I say. Bring down the power!
The power of love, I say, is the greatest power!
Stop hell and punishment. Bring down the power!
Love is the greatest power to heal a nation!
The wind of destruction is blowing on this earth [Over this land]
And now the earth is shaking with the oppression of man. [Bring down the power!]
Now it’s time to sit down and rediscover what life is all about. [What is life]
Show the world the true meaning of true love power, not quarrel. [Bring down the power!]
Bring down the power of love, I say [Bring down the power!]
The power of love, I say, is the greatest power.
Stop hell and punishment [Bring down the power!]
Love to heal a nation. [Is the greatest power!]
Anyone familiar with Afro-Cuban music is well acquainted with Celia Cruz, known worldwide as the “Queen of Salsa”.
Celia de la Carridad Cruz Alfonso – Celia Cruz – was born in 1925 in Havana to Barrio Santos Suarez, one of four children. In a career spanning six decades, Celia became the “Queen of Salsa” and was the center of growing style popularity.
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Celia joined the Tito Puente Orchestra in the mid-1960s. Her shiny outfit and magnetic personality expanded the group’s fan base. The group was the center of a new tune that developed in the 1960s and ’70s – music from the Cuban and Afro-Latin mixed musical tradition – known as “salsa”. A new record label, “Fania,” was launched, devoted entirely to the genre. In 1974, Celia joined the label and recorded “Celia and Johnny“With Johnny Pacheco. One of the album’s tracks,”Kimbera “ Became a signature song for him. Celia was the only woman in Fania All Stars, and the male-dominated salsa was one of the few women to succeed in the world. They are the Willie Colon Orchestra and the Sonora Ponsena, Pete “El Cond” with Rodriguez.
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Celia was a true pioneer AfrolatinidadFocusing on the African elements of her identity (music, speech and dress) at a time when doing so was not popular.
It should come as no surprise that songs will be part of Cruise’s collection Orissa. Here she is live, singing Yemya in Puerto Rico in 1987, paying tribute to her and Tito Puente.
Paid tribute to Orissa As a living tune from, continues in popular Afro-Cuban traditions Elito Reve Y depicts Su Su Charingon, “Agua Pa ‘Yemya” (“Water for Yemya”).
The Orchestra Rev, commonly referred to as the El Charingon de Elito Rev, is a musical legend in Cuba and a world-renowned artist. The Orchestra Rev. was founded in 1956 by Eliot Rev. Matos, a great Guantanamo musician who died in 1997. Today, his son, Elito Rev., continues to direct the band’s music.
Many musicians and singers are currently at the forefront of the Cuban music scene, having been members of the Orchestra Rev. For more than half a century of history, the Orchestra Rev. was not only a unique orchestra of popular dance music, but also a laboratory from which other orchestras, other innovative and successful musical formulas were derived. For example one can cite Ritmo Oriental, Los Van Van, Dan Dane, Puppy y Los Q Son Gold. When Elio Rev. settled in Havana in the mid-fifties, he decided to build an orchestra of the Charanga type with the intention of modernizing traditional Changui.
The video includes pictures of the island’s priests offering water and fruit to Jemia at her temple and at sea.
It’s great dance music too!
It has woken me up and I have to dance around the house. What do you say
Join me in the comments for more music and celebration. I wish you the blessings of health and happiness today, especially during the difficult times we are all experiencing.
¡Maferefun Yemaya!