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Presentations and lessons

The haitian Rara, by Georges Rodriguez
Bata drums rhythm ODUA, by Alain Labrosse
The Rhythms of Puerto Rico: Plena, by Jorge Ginorio*

* This presentation resides on the Rhytmweb site. Eric Stuer from rhythmweb and Jorge Ginorio have kindly given us permission to translate this presentation and host the french version on PERCUweb while linking the english version to Rhythmweb.

Hyperlinks of interest

AfroCubaWeb Huge site on african culture in Cuba
BataDrums.com Documentary ressources on Bata drums
Descarga Information on afro-latin music, with hard to find CDs.
Drumming The Gods On line book on rhythms found in Santeria ceremonies.
Jammin Reggae Archives Links to reggae music sites
Lameca Caribbean internet guide
Orisha.net Santeria site.
Ritmacuba.com French site, held by an ethnomusicologist, offering information about cuban music and dance, as well as training sessions in France and Cuba
Santeria Music Database A collection of information about afro-cuban folkloric music created by Martin Blais, professor pf computer science at the Université de Montréal. The main purpose of this database is to cross-reference the different resources and recordings to the batá drum rhythms ("toques") and chants ("cantos") of the Santería religion

 

photo: John Rudell

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