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Various Artists
Yoruba Drums From Benin
Genres: Folk, International Music, Special Interest, Pop

Track Listings (19) - Disc #1
1. Bata Repertoire for Egungun in Pob?: Ako
2. The Bata Repertoire for Egungun in Pob?: Alujo
3. The Bata Repertoire for Egungun in Pob?: Kirboto
4. The Bata Repertoire for Egungun in Pob?: Ogogo
5. The Bata Repertoire for Egungun in Pob?: Potpourri
6. Rhythm for Shango in Pob?: Aluja
7. The Bata Repertoire for Shango in Sak?t?: Oba Koso
8. The Bata Repertoire for Shango in Sak?t?: Omenega
9. The Bata Repertoire for Shango in Sak?t?: Lade Lade
10. The Bata Repertoire for Shango in Sak?t?: Oke
11. The Bata Repertoire for Shango in Sak?t?: Ajagunan
12. Three Rhythms of the Dundun: Esikesi [For Wedding]
13. Three Rhythms of the Dundun: Olomelekan [For Egungun]
14. Three Rhythms of the Dundun: Jagun Jagun [For Egungun]
15. Two Rhythms of the Dundun: Ale Ile [For Egungun]
16. Two Rhythms of the Dundun: Okele Ladji Ladji [For Shango]
17. Repertoire for Gelede in K?tou: Rhythm for the Afternoon
18. Repertoire for Gelede in K?tou: Rhythm for the Night
19. Repertoire for Oro and Ifa in K?tou: Ifa/Oro

Benin, West Africa is the home to several Yoruba religious cults based on a pantheon of gods. Overlapping rhythms embedded with symbolic religious meanings are played by a variety of drum ensembles including cylindrical ba... more »

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All Artists: Various Artists
Title: Yoruba Drums From Benin
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Smithsonian Folkways
Original Release Date: 1/23/1996
Release Date: 1/23/1996
Genres: Folk, International Music, Special Interest, Pop
Styles: Traditional Folk, Africa
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 093074044025

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CD Reviews

Great liner notes, interesting drumming

www.batadrums.com | CA, USA | 05/04/2001

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This CD may be worth buying for the liner notes alone. There are almost no commercially available recordings of Yoruba bata drumming, and this is a good one. In contrast, there are dozens of recordings of Cuban bata drumming, which is the form that grew out of Yoruba bata drumming during the slave trade. Bata drums are the sacred drums of the king-god Shango, and are used in ceremonial music for the Orishas in AfroCuban Santeria, as well as in Yorubaland (present day Nigeria mostly) to speak praises and for Egungun (ancestor) masquerades. I'm glad this CD was produced and is now easy to find. ..."