Orisha Forces of Nature
<a title="Orisha Religion" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85121112" target="_blank">Orisha Religion</a>
Brief description/definition of Orisha, or Forces of Nature from Nigeria and Cuba.
Nicole Wines
2011
Nicole Wines
© Raíces Cultural Center
pdf
en
Text
EFMI_Orishas_Infosheet_2011.pdf
Cuba
The Music of The Vejigantes
<a title="Bomba (Dance)" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2004004955;%20Plena%20puertorrique%C3%B1a" target="_blank">Bomba (Dance)</a>
Describes the music of bomba and plena, two folkloric genres of music, song and dance from Puerto Rico associated with the vejigantes.
Nicole Wines
© Raíces Cultural Center
jpeg
en
Text
EFMI_bomba_y_plena_music_of_the_vegigantes_2009.jpg
Puerto Rico
The Vejigantes
Vejigantes
Describes the origins, characteristics and celebrations of the Puerto Rican folkloric tradition of "Los Vejigantes", a character associated with the music of bomba and plena.
Nicole Wines
2009
© Raíces Cultural Center
jpeg
en
Text
EFMI_bomba_y_plena_vegigantes_Infosheet_2009.jpg
Puerto Rico
La luz redentora - Plegaria de misa/rumba
<a title="Rumba (Dance)" target="_blank">Rumba (Dance)</a><br />Afrocuban<br /><a title="Percussion ensembles" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85099760" target="_blank">Percussion ensembles</a>
The Plegarias, or spiritual masses, are taken from the Espiritismo liturgy as practiced on the island of Cuba and in the diaspora.
Angela Lugo
2011-11-12
Lucinda Holt
R. Samuel Plattiers
Francisco G. Gómez
Holly Taylor
Victor Marshall
Nicole Wines
© Raíces Cultural Center
Festival for the Dead: Ancestral Musical Traditions in the Diaspora
Aumbao Waori - Toque de batá/chant for the dead
jpeg
Image
RPP_festival_for_the_dead_2011_11_12_06.jpg
New Brunswick
Raícitas Performance: Raritan River Festival
<a title="Bomba (Dance)" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2004004955" target="_blank">Bomba (Dance) </a>
Plena puertorriqueña
Bomba performance by the Raícitas Youth Program participants. Illustrates bomba dance, a conversation between the dancer and the drummer.
Angela Lugo
2009-04-18
José Chetrancolo, Z. Ingraham, Nicole Wines, Gabriela Perez, J. Colon, C. García
© Raíces Cultural Center
quicktime
es
MovingImage
RPP_Raritan_River_Festival_2009.mov
New Brunswick
Bomba
<a title="Bomba (Dance)" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2004004955" target="_blank">Bomba (Dance)</a>
Examples of choruses sung in bomba.
Nicole Wines
© Raíces Cultural Center
en, es
Text
EFMI_bomba_y_plena_coros_de_bomba.jpg
Puerto Rico
Aumbao Waori - Toque de batá/chant for the dead
<a title="Santería" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85117403" target="_blank">Santería</a> <br /><a title="Batá" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh98005043" target="_blank">Batá</a><br />Afrocuban, egun, ancestors
The chants and the toques de batá for the dead performed by the Raíces Ensemble and guest artists in the Festival for the Dead are taken from the Lucumí/Ocha liturgy of Cuba.
Angela Lugo
2011-11-12
Lucinda Holt
Nicole Wines
Holly Taylor
R. Samuel Plattiers
Francisco G. Gómez
© Raíces Cultural Center
jpeg
Image
RPP_festival_for_the_dead_2011_11_12_01.jpg
New Brunswick, NJ
Aumbao Waori - Toque de batá/chant for the dead
<a title="Batá" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh98005043" target="_blank">Batá<br /></a>Afrocuban
The batá are the liturgical drums of Ocha. The rhythms and chants are used to praise, honor and call to the Orishas, or forces of nature.
Angela Lugo
2011-11-12
Holly Tayor
R. Samuel Plattiers
Francisco G. Gómez,
© Raíces Cultural Center
<a title="Aumbao Waori - Toque de batá/chant for the dead" href="http://www.raicesculturalcenter.org/digital-archive/items/show/8">Aumbao Waori - Toque de batá/chant for the dead</a>
jpeg
Image
RPP_festival_for_the_dead_2011_11_12_02.jpg
New Brunswick, NJ
Bembé Oyá - Toque de güiro/chant
<a title="Orisha Religion" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85121112" target="_blank">Orisha Religion</a> <br />Afrocuban<br /><a title="Percussion ensembles" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85099760" target="_blank">Percussion ensembles</a>
Oyá is the orisha, or force of nature of the whirlwinds, the energy that brings chaos and destruction to make room for change and new growth. She is also the gatekeeper of the cemetary and the marketplace, deciding who may enter and who may leave.
Angela Lugo
2011-11-12
Lucinda Holt
Nicole Wines
Holly Taylor
R. Samuel Plattiers
Francisco G. Gómez
Victor Marshall
© Raíces Cultural Center
jpeg
Image
RPP_festival_for_the_dead_2011_11_12_03.jpg
New Brunswick, NJ
Orixa Iansa - Ilu and Vassi
<a title="Iansã (Afro-Brazilian deity)" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010014627" target="_blank">Iansã (Afro-Brazilian deity)</a> <br />Afrobrazilian<br /><a title="Percussion ensembles" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85099760" target="_blank">Percussion ensembles </a>
Iansa is the Brazilian tradition equivalent to the Cuban Orisha Oyá, force of nature of the whirlwinds and keeper of the cemetary and marketplace.
Angela Lugo
2011-11-12
Quenia Ribeiro
Nao Yamada
Nick Birmelin
© Raíces Cultural Center
<a title="Orixa Iansa - Ilu and Vassi" href="http://www.raicesculturalcenter.org/digital-archive/items/show/12">Orixa Iansa - Ilu and Vassi</a>
jpeg
Image
RPP_festival_for_the_dead_2011_11_12_04.jpg
New Brunswick, NJ
Orixa Iansa - Ilu and Vassi
<a title="Iansã (Afro-Brazilian deity)" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010014627" target="_blank">Iansã (Afro-Brazilian deity)</a> <br /><a title="Percussion ensembles" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85099760" target="_blank">Percussion ensembles </a>
Orixa Iansa, gatekeeper of the cemetary and marketplace, force of nature of the whirlwinds, causing upheavals and making way for change.
Angela Lugo
2011-11-12
Nao Yamada
Omitola Hill Oliveira
Quenia Ribeiro
Lisa Green
© Raíces Cultural Center
<a title="Orixa Iansa - Ilu and Vassi" href="http://www.raicesculturalcenter.org/digital-archive/items/show/11">Orixa Iansa - Ilu and Vassi</a>
jpeg
Image
RPP_festival_for_the_dead_2011_11_12_05.jpg
New Brunswick, NJ
Ancestor Altar
<a title="Afro-Cuban cults" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96010511" target="_blank">Afro-Caribbean cults </a><br />ancestors
Ancestor altar, on stage for the production, containing photographs of the ancestors of the performers.
Angela Lugo
2011-11-12
Raíces Cultural Center
© Raíces Cultural Center
jpeg
Image
RPP_festival_for_the_dead_2011_11_12_07.jpg
New Brunswick, NJ
Aya osi eleko - Toque de batá/chant for Obbá
<a title="Batá" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh98005043" target="_blank">Batá</a> <br />Afrocuban<br /><a title="Oba (Yoruba deity)" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007002479" target="_blank">Oba (Yoruba deity)</a>
Toque and chant for the orisha Obbá, keeper of the graves in the cemetary.
Angela Lugo
2011-11-12
R Samuel Plattiers
Francisco G. Gómez
Nicole Wines
© Raíces Cultural Center
jpeg
Image
RPP_festival_for_the_dead_2011_11_12_08.jpg
New Brunswick, NJ
Cultural Collaboration
<a href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93000161">Caboclos (Brazilian people)</a> <br /><a title="Iansã (Afro-Brazilian deity)" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010014627" target="_blank">Iansã (Afro-Brazilian deity) </a>
Raíces Cultural Center was able to present a variety of traditions that honor the ancestors through music, song and dance thanks to a cultural collaboration with Grupo Ribeiro from New York City, who presented the Brazilian traditions of the caboclo and orixa Iansa, as well as with Raíces guest and student performers.
Angela Lugo
2011-11-12
Grupo Ribeiro
Nick Birmelin
Nao Yamada
Quenia Ribeiro
Omitola Hill Oliveira
Felicia Djibo
Victor Marshall
R. Samuel Plattiers
Francisco G. Gómez
Lisa Green
Arei Sekiguchi
Rita Silva
Lucinda Holt
Nicole Wines
Holly Taylor
© Raíces Cultural Center
jpeg
Image
RPP_festival_for_the_dead_2011_11_12_10.jpg
New Brunswick, NJ
Los Vejigantes
Plena puertorriqueña
vejigantes
Carnival masks--Puerto Rico
Carnival--Puerto Rico
Raíces Cultural Center delivered an arts and culture residency about the history, music, song and dance of the vejigantes at the Greater Brunswick Charter School in 2009. This culminating assembly performance was part of the 2009 Raíces Production “Los Vejigantes de Puerto Rico”. The performance integrated the Raícitas Youth Program student performers.
Nicole Wines
Francisco G. Gómez
Angela Lugo
2008-10-22
J. Colon
Z. Ingraham
C. García
Nicole Wines
Gabriela Perez
Francisco G. Gómez
Holly Taylor
William Torres
Jose Chetrancolo
Raícitas Youth Program
© Raíces Cultural Center
quicktime movie
Moving Image
RPP_los_vejigantes_de_PR_2008_10_22.mov
New Brunswick, NJ
Raíces Performance: Black History Festival
vejigantes
Carnival masks--Puerto Rico
Carnival--Puerto Rico
Raícitas Youth Program student performers illustrate the Puerto Rican folkloric tradition of “Los Vejigantes”.
Nicole Wines
2011-02-19
N. Reagan
L. Holt
B. Moorman
Lucinda Holt
Francisco G. Gómez,
Nicole Wines
Holly Taylor
Raícitas Youth Program
© Raíces Cultural Center
mpeg4
Moving Image
RPP_los_vejigantes_de_PR_raicitas_2011_02_19.mp4
New Brunswick, NJ
Eleguá: Orisha of the Crossroads
Afrocuban, <a title="Orisha Religion" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85121112" target="_blank">Orisha religion</a>, <a title="Percussion ensembles" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85099760" target="_blank">Percussion ensembles</a>
Elegúa is the keeper of the crossroads. He is an Orisha, or force of nature, associated with destiny. He is known as a trickster and a messenger and is often associated with children. This image depicts a dance for Eleguá performed at the Spirit of the Drum production.
Deborah Malinoski
2010-10
Holly Taylor
Nicole Wines
Francisco G. Gómez
Francisco A. Gómez
© Raíces Cultural Center
<a title=""Spirit of the Drum" Flyer" href="http://www.raicesculturalcenter.org/digital-archive/items/show/221" target="_blank">“Spirit of the Drum” Flyer</a>
jpeg
en
Image
20101030_02_elegua.jpg
New Brunswick, NJ
Ago ile ago-A Song for Eleguá
Afrocuban, <a title="Percussion ensembles" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85099760" target="_blank">Percussion ensembles</a>, <a title="Orisha" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85121112" target="_blank">Orisha religion</a>
Performing Eleguá at the Spirit of the Drum Production. Eleguá is the Orisha, or force of nature, of the crossroads. He is considered to be a messenger and a trickster.
Deborah Malinoski
2010-10
Francisco, A. Gómez
Francisco G. Gómez
Nicole Wines
Sean Battle
© Raíces Cultural Center
<a title=""Spirit of the Drum" Flyer" href="http://www.raicesculturalcenter.org/digital-archive/items/show/221" target="_blank">“Spirit of the Drum” Flyer</a>
jpeg
en
Image
20101030_03_elegua.jpg
New Brunswick, NJ
Batárumba: La negra caridad
Afrocuban, <a title="Rumba (Dance)" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85115816" target="_blank">Rumba (Dance)</a>, <a title="Percussion ensembles" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85099760" target="_blank">Percussion ensembles</a>
Rumba is a secular percussion, song and dance tradition that developed on the streets in Cuba. The dance represents the chicken and the rooster, and is a flirtatious and sensual conversation between the two dancers.
Deborah Malinoski
2010-10
Sweety Almeida
Francisco A. Gómez
Javier Almeida
© Raíces Cultural Center
<a title=""Spirit of the Drum" Flyer" href="http://www.raicesculturalcenter.org/digital-archive/items/show/221" target="_blank">“Spirit of the Drum” Flyer</a>
jpeg
en
Image
20101030_04_rumba.jpg
New Brunwsick, NJ
Yemayá: Orisha of Motherhood and the Ocean
Afrocuban, <a title="Orisha Religion" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85121112" target="_blank">Orisha religion</a>, <a title="Percussion ensembles" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85099760" target="_blank">Percussion ensembles</a>
Deborah Malinoski
2010-10
Nicole Wines
Francisco G. Gómez
Francisco A. Gómez
© Raíces Cultural Center
<a title=""Spirit of the Drum" Flyer" href="http://www.raicesculturalcenter.org/digital-archive/items/show/221" target="_blank">“Spirit of the Drum” Flyer</a>
jpeg
en
Image
20101030_05_yemaya.jpg
New Brunswick, NJ
Orisha Oyá: The Whirlwind
Afrocuban, <a title="Orisha Religion" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85121112" target="_blank">Orisha religion</a>, <a title="Percussion ensembles" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85099760" target="_blank">Percussion ensembles</a>
Angela Lugo
2010-10
Nicole Wines
© Raíces Cultural Center
<a title=""Spirit of the Drum" Flyer" href="http://www.raicesculturalcenter.org/digital-archive/items/show/221" target="_blank">“Spirit of the Drum” Flyer</a>
jpeg
en
Image
20101030_06_oya.jpg
New Brunswick, NJ
Sean Battle: the Poet
<a title="Poetry" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85103704" target="_blank">Poetry</a>, Afrocuban, <a title="Orisha Religion" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85121112" target="_blank">Orisha religion</a>, <a title="Percussion ensembles" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85099760" target="_blank">Percussion ensembles</a>
Sean Battle, a performing arts intern at Raíces in 2010 wrote original poems in honor of the Orishas for the Spirit of the Drum production, while also resarching, studying and learning the history, rhythms, songs and movements associated with the orishas, palo and rumba.
Deborah Malinoski
2010-10
Sean Battle
© Raíces Cultural Center
<a title=""Spirit of the Drum" Flyer" href="http://www.raicesculturalcenter.org/digital-archive/items/show/221" target="_blank">“Spirit of the Drum” Flyer</a>
jpeg
en
Image
20101030_07_poet.jpg
New Brunswick, NJ
Spirit of the Drum Newsletter Article
Afrocuban, <a title="Orisha Religion" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85121112" target="_blank">Orisha Religion</a>, <a title="Percussion" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85099737" target="_blank">Percussion</a>
Newsletter excerpt about the Raíces Cultural Center 2011 production "Spirit of the Drum."
Nicole Wines
2010-10
© Raíces Cultural Center
jpeg
en
Text
20101030_newsletter_article_01.jpg
New Brunswick, NJ
Bailala
Afro-Caribbean, plena, los vejigantes, <a title="Folk Songs, Puerto Rico" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007010494" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Folk Songs--Puerto Rico</a>
Video clip from the 2009 Raíces fact finding exchange trip to Puerto Rico
Nicole Wines
Francisco G. Gómez
2009
Nelson Ramírez
Tata Cepeda
© Raíces Cultural Center
mpeg4
en, sp
MovingImage
2009_cultural_exchange_01.mp4
Loíza, Puerto Rico
Hip Hop Ambassadors: Bomba
<a title="Bomba (Dance)" href="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2004004955" target="_blank">Bomba (Dance)</a>
The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Hip-Hop Ambassadors Cultural Exchange program stopped at Raíces Cultural Center on their tour of the Northeast.
Peter Krsko
2010
Abdul Muyingo
Holly Taylor
Yeukai Zinyoro,
Breakdance Uganda Project
Francisco G. Gómez
Noni Sachdeva
© Raíces Cultural Center
<a title="20101008_hip_hop_ambassadors_02.jpg" href="http://www.raicesculturalcenter.org/digital-archive/items/show/27" target="_blank">20101008_hip_hop_ambassadors_02.jpg</a>
<a title="20101008_hip_hop_ambassadors_03.jpg" href="http://www.raicesculturalcenter.org/digital-archive/items/show/28" target="_blank">20101008_hip_hop_ambassadors_03.jpg</a>
<a title="20101008_hip_hop_ambassadors_04.jpg" href="http://www.raicesculturalcenter.org/digital-archive/items/show/29" target="_blank">20101008_hip_hop_ambassadors_04.jpg</a>
20101008_hip_hop_ambassadors_05.jpg
jpeg
en
Image
20101008_hip_hop_ambassadors_01.jpg
New Brunswick, NJ