"Ketu for Eshu"
Citation
Brazillians of the Ketu nation., “"Ketu for Eshu",” Student Digital Gallery, accessed November 5, 2024, https://digitalgallery.bgsu.edu/student/items/show/8276.
Title | "Ketu for Eshu" |
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Subject | Songs that facilitated sacred rituals found in Western and Eastern African countries like Nigeria, Congo, and Angola were preserved in Central America, especially in Brazil. In the national capital of Bahia, the preservation of African culture is unrivaled as well as the coalescence of various racial groups post-colonialism. |
Description | The intention of this song that opens "public" ceremonies, is to dismiss the trickster-deity Eshu, whom clears the path for other divinities to come and possess participants. Women are the vocal performers on this track. In contrast to "Euroamerican" music, formatting to this composition exemplifies complex drumming patterns with multiple meters that interlock and differ simultaneously. Furthermore, the notions of spirituality captured in this album pertain to a system of belief unrelated to traditional Western religion. These songs of reverence praise female deities of the sea, forest-gods, etc., which showcases a philosophy rooted in the connection between the human race and the natural world. |
Creator | Brazillians of the Ketu nation. |
Source | Folk music of Brazil: Afro-Bahian religious songs from Brazil |
Publisher | The Library of Congress |
Date | 1965? |
Contributor | Melville and Frances Heskovits |
Format | MP3 |
audio/mpeg | |
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Type | Sound Recording |
Sound | |
Identifier | Music Listening Center 12/33 LC AFS-L13 |
https://digitalgallery.bgsu.edu/student/items/show/8276 |