Drums on stage (2011).
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Title
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Drums on stage (2011).
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Description
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Folkloric shows are created around the music of many different styles of Afrocuban religious and popular traditions. The basic ensemble consists of three conga drums (tumbadoras), a pair of claves, and a wood block (or bamboo). There are also sets of drums that are specific to particular types of music such as the batá drums of Regla de Ocha (Santeria) or the biankomo of Abakuá folklore. In the past decades the tradition of rumba has expanded musically and most groups that play rumba supplement the basic ensemble with other drums. Here you see cajaones supplementing the use of tumbadoras.
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Date Created
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May 2011.
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Creator
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Photo by EK Batiuk ; performance by Oba Ilú.
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Format
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.jpg
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License
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CC BY-NC-SA
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Rights
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EK Batiuk
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Subject
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The drums belonging to Oba Ilú before the show at the Hotel San Alejandro.
drums on stage