Weeks 4-6 Flashcards
Rhythms
Yakotá
Ñongo
Chachalokafún
Which rhythms are at the end
Faster ones
what is sung slower
Rezo (prayer)
what tempo is the Rezo sung
Contra tempo
Patakines
Orika or iriki
African Based Haitian religion
Vodou
19th century
Yoruba influx bc Yoruba kingdoms defeated so many more Yoruba people sold into slavery.
Areítos.
native dances done in large groups with simple steps that would traverse spatial patterns. Often danced in processions of people interlocking elbows or holding hands
brought zapateo and contredanse
Influence of Spain and Colonial French Haiti (Saint Domingue)
Tumba francesa
From Haitians coming to Cuba
Rara
Gaga
Four main Afro-Cuban nations
Fon-derived Arará.
Cuban Yoruba (Lucumí)
Kongo-Angola (Palo)
Calabar River – Carabalí (Bight of Biafa – Cameroon and Nigeria)
Kongo-Angola
the most dominant African-based culture in Cuba. Comparsa (Conga) is a dance for social gatherings. Hip circling Yuca and Makuta is done w a partner and is connected to Palo Monte (the Kongo religion). Dynamic and explosive characteristics in the dance Palo. Divinities are called nkisis in Palo Monte. “spirit raising
Arara
Allada kingdom of Benin, contemporary towns of Allada, Abomey, and Ouidah. Fon people/culture but also Andja, Ewe, and Yoruba ethnicities present
Arara divinities
Fodunes or Vodunes