Object Details
Recorder
Simpson, George Eaton, 1904-1998
Collection Creator
Asch, Moses
Distler, Marian, 1919-1964
Folkways Records
Collection Citation
Moses and Frances Asch Collection, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, Smithsonian Institution.
Contents
Shango oh bababa --Annual ceremony --Solo to Yoruba deity --Annual ceremony in a rural area --Bell ringing -- Singing at Shouters --Praying and singing --Singing -- Bell ringing --Singing --Fragment of sermon --Singing -- Speaking in tongues.
sova.cfch.asch_ref19505
Local Numbers
FW-ASCH-7RR-1007
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note
Recorded in: Trinidad and Tobago.
General
Folkways 4478
CDR copy--Various native performers. Production notes: Music of the Shango cult, recorded in Trinidad by George Eaton Simpson. George Eaton Simpson, of Oberlin College, travelled to Trinidad in 1960, to record two quite different types of cult music, both of which incorporate at least some African elements. The Shango Cult is an amalgam of beliefs and practices of the Yoruba tribe of Nigeria, with those of Catholicism. The music is quite African in sound quality, generally including drums and/or rattles and frequently featuring a call-and-response pattern. The "Shouters, "who refer to themselves as "Spiritual Baptists," are primarily Christian, incorporating fewer African elements into their religion than the Shango cultists do. Their hymns, without drums and rattles, but with occasional handclapping, sound similar to hymns sung in the U.S. If you find this recording of interest, you might want to check out "Jamaican Cult Music" (FW04461) and "Cult Music of Cuba" (FW04410).
Place
Trinidad and Tobago
Topic
Religious
World music
Orisha religion
Rites and ceremonies
Recorder
Simpson, George Eaton, 1904-1998
Culture
Trinidadians
Yoruba (African people)
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Extent
1 Sound recording (sound-tape reel, analog, 7 in.)
Archival Repository
Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
Identifier
CFCH.ASCH, Item FW-ASCH-7RR-1007
Type
Archival materials
Sound recordings
Collection Rights
Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections. Please visit our website to learn more about submitting a request. The Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections make no guarantees concerning copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Other usage conditions may apply; please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for more information.
Restrictions
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
CFCH.ASCH_ref19505
Large EAD
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CFCH.ASCH
CFCHFOLKLIFE
Record ID
ebl-1649170801566-1649171787067-1