Cult Music of Trinidad [sound recording]
date: label: Date
content: 1961
name: label: recorder
content: Simpson, George Eaton 1904-1998
notes: label: Notes
content: Folkways 4478
label: Notes
content: 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).
label: Notes
content: Recorded in: Trinidad and Tobago.
label: Table of contents
content: 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
label: Repository Loc.
content: Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 2001, Washington, D.C. 20024. Call 202-633-7322 for appointment. Fax: 202-633-7019. Email: rinzlerarchives@si.edu
place: label: Place
content: Trinidad and Tobago
topic: label: Topic
content: Religious
label: Topic
content: World music
label: Topic
content: Orisha religion
label: Topic
content: Rites and ceremonies
culture: label: Culture
content: Trinidadians
label: Culture
content: Yoruba (African people)
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content: Moses and Frances Asch Collection, 1939-1986 228428
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Local number
content: FW-ASCH-7RR-1007
objectType: label: Type
content: Musical sound recordings
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only
physicalDescription: label: Physical description
content: 1 sound-tape reel : analog ; 7 in