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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoruba_peopleThe music has been preserved in a particular form in both Cuba and Brazil by the descendants of former slaves along with the religion (well, it's probably because of the religion that it survives). In Cuba, the religion has become Santería, and in Brazil it's Candomblé.
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« Reply #3811 on: 19:02:43, 11-03-2008 » |
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The music has been preserved in a particular form in both Cuba and Brazil Tell me more! (The Wiki article seems not to.) I'm all agog. |
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« Reply #3812 on: 19:04:13, 11-03-2008 » |
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Its really strange sometimes, isnt it, with certain situations. I ve never been so happy today. I havnt had the news aboutnthe new healthcare job yet(too early). I might've been involved in burying my ex-motherinlaw and been with her family etc and my ex=wife and her husband, who ursurped me but starngely enough we had a good day out nwith his children and my ex and Sue, my wife, and it all went swimmingly well. Perhaps we had a few beers, might've helped probably!! But still its good that one can get on with a persons ex.
I let you guys know later about my new healtcare job!
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« Reply #3813 on: 19:16:23, 11-03-2008 » |
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The music has been preserved in a particular form in both Cuba and Brazil Tell me more! (The Wiki article seems not to.) I'm all agog. I'm not sure that I can really do it justice. It was a very well prepared presentation and quite thorough. I'll see if she'd mind me emailing you her powerpoint slides. The music that she was talking about accompanies the Orisha possession rituals and involves (principally) three drums (in Nigeria the number varies depending on the different cults, in its diasporic form, it tends to always be three drums) - big (mother), medium (father) and little (child). These drums imitate the tonal Yoruba language and their function in the ritual is to converse with the orisha being summoned. There are also some vocal parts (solo alternating with chorus) which seem to vary in sophistication from place to place (much like Christian worship I suppose). The mother drum is only played by the master drummer. The drums either play static (i.e. fixed) parts or improvise (it's mainly the mother drum that improvises but in full-blown conversations they take it in turns). How's that for a starter? |
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« Reply #3815 on: 19:23:43, 11-03-2008 » |
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« Reply #3816 on: 19:27:57, 11-03-2008 » |
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Following on from hh's happy teaching comments, I'm not sure whether to be here or on the Grump thread. For, happy though it made me in one way to have only four of eight final-year orchestration students show up for their tutorials this afternoon, allowing me time to get other stuff done, it was not, in the bigger picture, A Good Thing to have happened.   |
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« Reply #3817 on: 19:45:26, 11-03-2008 » |
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Maybe the wind ate their homework, M.
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« Reply #3818 on: 20:02:18, 11-03-2008 » |
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How's that for a starter?
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« Reply #3819 on: 23:19:06, 11-03-2008 » |
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Another quick visit!  Very glad to read that martle's concert went really well.  Very happy to report that Little R won 2 silver cups for her singing in a local music festival on Saturday. Also, had very smiley time last night in Buxton Opera House at the I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue show. Has anyone else been to any of the performances during this round-Britain tour? Great to see Humph and co. in the flesh but sadly, Samantha wasn't able to appear.  |
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« Reply #3820 on: 23:47:35, 11-03-2008 » |
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Little R won 2 silver cups for her singing in a local music festival on Saturday.  ( Sorry, MJ!!!) |
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« Reply #3821 on: 23:50:27, 11-03-2008 » |
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Tinners, I'm glad to see its not just my mind that worked that way. I was about to ask if they were comfortable...
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« Reply #3822 on: 23:51:46, 11-03-2008 » |
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Tinners, I'm glad to see its not just my mind that worked that way. I was about to ask if they were comfortable...
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