Thursday, December 28, 2006

Blood Donation Pamplet

Traditional percussion from Cuba

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Manley "Pirí" López Herrera
est le plus jeune membre de la désormais célèbre famille de tamboreros " Los Chinitos de la Corea ", inventeurs du guarapachangueo , joueurs de tambours batá et initiateurs de la série de cds " Abbilona " (16 cds déjà parus). Il est considéré comme l'un des enfants surdoués les plus talentueux de l'île de Cuba.


Depuis son tout jeune âge Piri joue la Rumba dans des groupes professionnels, et les Bata drums or " Cajones al Muerto" in the orchestras of rituals. His legend grew when at the age of 15 he has replaced "off the cuff" of Olubatá made during the recording sessions for the project 45cds Abbilona , although he had never set foot before in a recording studio. Français

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Wednesday, December 27, 2006

I'm Black And I Have A Really Small Butt

Glossary explanatory styles presented

(Photo Credits: Daniel Chatelain)

Bata Drums: Instruments
main rituals of Yoruba slaves of Cuba from Nigeria. With the songs, they allow the possession trance insiders by the gods of the Afro-Cuban religion called "Santeria".

Cajones :
wooden drum rituals called "Cajones al Muerto" or spiritualist ceremonies, to the trance possession insiders by the spirits of the dead. This religion is a mixture of Catholic worship, Congo and Yoruba.

(Photo Credits: Official File Rumberos de Cuba) Rumba

:
secular popular music in which it also uses the cajones, and congas.

Guarapachangueo :
rumba style created in the 1970s by the López family, which then influenced the rumba in the entire island of Cuba during the next decade. The name also describes a new kind of cajon "compartments" created by brothers also López.