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Release Details
Artists
Alfredo Calvo, feat. Alberto Puñales
Format
CD, 67 Minutes
Also available as Digital Download.
Description
The Bata y Bembe de Matanzas audio recording includes a full cycle of Lucumi Santeria praise songs to the Orishas, played on the sacred bata drums and sung by the late Alfredo Calvo.
The recording is structured around the Matanzas-style presentation of a newly initiated priest (iyawo) of Chango to the sacred drums (Aña) and the community. In the Egwado branch of the Santeria religion as practiced in Matanzas, such a presentation includes praise songs to all the Orisha.
The recording also presents, for the first time, the sacred Lucumi Bembe Macagua, a unique set of drums heard only in Matanzas. Alfredo began adding the bembe drums at the end of tambors played at his ile (religious home) in order to increase the energy of the
Track Listing
DISC 1
- Echu
- Elegua
- Elegua (presentation of the Iyawo)
- Ogun (presentation of the Iyawo)
- Ochosi
- Inle
- Babaluaye
- Korinkoto
- Orishaoko
- Dada
- Agayu
- Obatala
- Yewa
- Obba
- Oya
- Yemaya
- Oshun
- Orula
- Chango (Aña)
- Chango (Bembe)
- Close
Bata y Bembe de Matanzas Audio Recording
The Bata y Bembe de Matanzas audio recording includes a full cycle of Lucumi Santeria praise songs to the Orishas, played on the sacred bata drums and sung by the late Alfredo Calvo. The recording is structured around the Matanzas-style presentation of a newly initiated priest (iyawo) of Chango to the sacred drums (Aña) and the community.