tracks

Badè
Azouke Legba (Dans Kanari)
Bossou Djo Eya (Mayi Rhythm)
Pale-m Mal (Mayi Rhythm)
Legba Plante'I Poto / Papa Loko Di Yo Sa (Yanvalou Rhythm)
Vye Gran O Prete Mwen Chwal La (Song For Ezili) (Zepòl Rhythm)
Simbi Dlo (Yanvalou Rhythm)
Guantanamo Song (Rara Rhythm, Southern Style)
Konbit Zaka (Djouba Rhythm)
Laserenal
Kadja Kadja Nou Tande (Grennadye Rhythm)
Tande (Grennadye Rhythm)
Sen Franswa Di Prye Dye Fò (Mereng Rhythm)
Chwal Sen Jak Mare Nan Poto (Song For St. James)
Ogou O Wa Dè Zanj (Song For Ogou)
Piè Aleman Batala Lemiso (Nago Rhythm)
Gangan Move Tèt O (Petwo Rhythm)
Brave Guede Banda (Port-Au-Prince Banda Rhythm)
Rara Ya Sezi (Rara)
Bizango Song For Kalfou (Chika Rhythm)
Djab-la Fouye Twou-li

notes

Live ceremonial music, studio recordings and popular songs from Haiti.

Produced in association with the museum exhibition and exhibition catalog, Sacred Arts of Haitian Vodou, presented by the Fowler Museum of Cultural History at the University of California at Los Angeles.

This album is sequenced according to the basic regleman, or rules, of Vodou, to guide the listener through the proper "line" of spirit songs, from the "cool" Rada through the Ogouns, into "hot" Petwo and Banda and then to Bizango (secret societies) and Rara.

Track 2 recorded at Funky Slice Studios, Brooklyn, NY.

℗ © 1995 Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings
Manufactured in USA

credits

Compiled By, Producer – Elizabeth McAlister
Liner Notes [Notes By] – David Yih, Elizabeth McAlister, Gage Averill, Gerdes Fleurent
Photography By – Chantal Regnault

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