Afro-Brasilian music. / prod. by Robert Garfias.

Program Title:
Afro-Brasilian music. / prod. by Robert Garfias.
PRA Archive #: 
SZ0996
Description: 

Two aspects of Afro-Brasilian music. The first, condomble, is the preservation in Brazil (Cuba and Haiti also, and Trinidad and Venezuela to a lesser extent) of the religious cults of Western Africa. The music of these cults, performed in special dances and drum rhythms, tends to appear only in those countries colonized by a Latin agent. In order to maintain the religions in Catholic countries, each of the African gods was given a synchronous name with a Roman Catholic saint. Garfias presents some of the legends surrounding these gods, along with the different rhythms related to each. The second type of music presented in the program is capoeira, a fighting dance that has shifted, through the influence of the authorities, from an actual form of street fighting to a stylized dance in which two men pretend to be fighting, to the rhythm of the music. Produced by Robert Garfias, ethnomusicologist at the University of Washington in Seattle. Sound quality ok.

Date Recorded on: 
April 6, 1979
Date Broadcast on: 
NULL
Item duration: 
30:42
Distributor: 
Seattle, WA: 1979.
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