Caribbean Revels: Rara & Gaga / Various

Caribbean Revels: Rara & Gaga / Various
- Caribbean Revels - Haitian Rara & Dominican Gaga
Throughout the week before Easter, roads all over Haiti swell with bands of revelers, dancers, singers and percussionists, travelling from vodou temples to their villages. Rara and gaga are wildly festive sounds, featuring unusual percussion and wind instruments, and often bawdy lyrics. These remastered recordings from the streets, plazas and cemeteries of Haiti and the Dominican Republic are accompanied by extensive notes by Verna Gillis and Gage Averill. Reissue of Folkways 4531.
"Rara es el nombre dado a la celebraciÃ³n rural que tiene lugar cada aÃ±o en HaitÃ entre el MiÃ©rcoles de Ceniza y el Domingo de Pascua. La selecciÃ³n presentada aquÃ representa la variedad de mÃºsica vocal e instrumental que acompaÃ±a la danza, las piruetas con bastones y las actividades rituales llevadas a cabo durante el Rara por hombres, mujeres y niÃ±os vestidos con brillantes colores. La palabra Gaga es usada en RepÃºblica Dominicana por los haitianos que practican sus propias celebraciones de Rara; la palabra es un tÃ©rmino criollo que se aplica a alguien que no se considera estÃ© en un estado mental 'normal'..."
Country USA
Brand Smithsonian Folkways
Manufacturer Smithsonian Folkways
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber 1711936
Model 2030082
ReleaseDate 1992-07-13
UnitCount 1
Format Import
UPCs 093074040225
EANs 0093074040225

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