Dancing spirits rhythms and rituals of Haitian Vodun, the Rada rite Gerdès Fleurant
Object Details
- Author
- Fleurant, Gerdès
- AFA copy Purchased from the Warren M. Robbins Library Endowment
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- 2. Vodun as a Religious System and Way of Life -- 3. The Music of the Rada Rite -- 4. Drums, Drummers, and Oungenikon in Haitian Rada -- 5. The Music of the Rada Battery -- 6. The Song Texts in the Ritual Context -- 7. Analysis of Song Tunes -- 8. Dancing Spirits
- 1996
- Type
- Books
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Physical description
- xii, 209 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations 24 cm
- Place
- Haiti
- Haïti
- Smithsonian Libraries
- Topic
- Vodou music--History and criticism
- Rada (Vodou rite)
- Rada (Voodoo rite)
- Vodou music
- Wodu
- Musik
- Voodoo
- Vaudou
- Musique--Histoire et critique
- Voodoo music--Haiti--History and criticism
- Record ID
- siris_sil_1112166
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
