50
YEARS ON
GRUPO AFROCUBA DE MATANZAS
50TH ANNIVERSITY RITUAL MUSIC AND DANCE FROM MATANZAS
produced by La Timbala Films

dvd description
80 minutes
filmed in Matanzas, Cuba
genres presented: Congo, Lukumi, Carabali,
Arara
"50 Years On" has been produced to showcase
the work of one of Cuba's most famous music and dance groups - Afrocuba
de Matanzas. Nine of the group's major works are presented in this
superb, visually stunning, 80 minute performance, filmed and recorded
live in highly dramatic locations around Matanzas.
The nine performance pieces on this DVD provide an overall view
of the pantheon of Afro-Cuban cultures maintained in Matanzas province,
located in the western end of the island of Cuba. These ritual dances,
with their accompanying music and song, represent the cultural heritage
of many of the vast numbers of African slaves who were brought to
Cuba over the long and painful history of transatlantic slavery.
In Cuba, these ideas and traditions have been guarded, maintained,
reconstructed and developed by both the descendents of their original
carriers and the many sectors of Cuban society into which they have
fed. They are by no means museum pieces. They are a vibrant, living
element in contemporary Cuban culture, presented here in celebration
of the 50th anniversary of this renowned group (1957-2007).
This DVD includes a twenty page booklet containing background information
and details about the pieces.
DVD chapters
Palo (Congo) 13:39
Ochún with Oggún (Lukumí) 6:57
Abakúa (Carabalí) 11:40
San Lázaro (Arara) 11:21
Yemayá (Lukumí) 9:25
Oggún (Lukumí) 3:36
Brícamo (Carabalí) 9:48
Changó (Lukumí) 5:09
Makuta (Congo) 8:07
artists
lead vocals, director - Francisco Zamora Chirino
vocalists - Sara Gobel Villamil,
Miguel Ángel Dreke Reyes, Laureano Alfonso Arzuaga, Bertina
Aranda Villamil
percussionists - Pedro Aballí Torriente,
Reynaldo Garcia Alfonso, Reynaldo Gobel Villamil, Ignacio Calderon
Osborni, Dunieske Isassi Yano, Diosvani Saldado Junco, Ramses Zamora
Molina
dancers - Yesniel Pérez Domenesch, Antonio
Figuroa Gazmuris, Juan Carlos Gobel Pelladito, Omar Alfonso Oña,
Zulima Echevarrea Rodriguez, Lisbeth Estacholi Alfonso, Maria Victoria
Fleita Gonzales, Osiris Hernandez Sejas, Yordanka Cancino Lamart
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