| a_s1576_t86-056 | Performance by Rasta Samba Gynin | Sound | Fieldwork
Haitian Americans
Sound recordings
African Americans
Music
Drums
Singing
Music performance
Performing arts
Percussion instruments
Rastafarianism
Religion
Religious music
Beliefs and cultures
Rastafari movement
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Performance by Rasta Samba Gynin
- Date
- 1985-08-08
- Description
- One reel to reel tape. (Copied onto C86-99) Rasta Samba Gynin is a Rasta group of four Haitians formed in 1984 to play Rasta cultural songs. Most of the songs (written by group member Yamba Ye) are spiritual, and follow traditional tunes. Their music stresses their African roots. For more information, see T86-57 (C86-100) for interviews with group members. Members are: Yamba Ye (writer, drums and vocal); Pierre Joseph Jabouin (drum and vocal); Henry Frederic Massena (drum and vocal); and Rodrick Maurice St. Cyr (voice and percussion). The Rasta movement (whose members are called Rastafarians) began with Marcus Garvey's back-to-Africa movement. When the Ethiopian prince Ras Tafari Makkonen was crowned Emperor Haile Selassie I in the 1930s, many in Jamaica and elsewhere in the Caribbean looked to him as a messiah, and Rasta was born. It combines elements of African and New World beliefs. Sommers's field notes on the group may be found in S 1628, Box 1, folder 11. Recorded at the Little River Community Center. The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t86-057 | Interviews with members of Rasta Samba Gynin | Sound | Fieldwork
Interviewing
Interviews
Haitian Americans
African Americans
Music
Life histories
Rastafari movement
Rastafarianism
Drums
Religion
Religious music
Songs
Composers
Musical groups | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interviews with members of Rasta Samba Gynin
- Date
- 1985-08-08
- Description
- One reel to reel tape. (Copied onto C86-100) Interviews with members of the Rasta group, including group leader and songwriter Yamaba Ye. He discusses each of the eight songs played on T86-56 (C86-99). Other members provide brief bios. The Rasta movement (whose members are called Rastafarians) began with Marcus Garvey's back-to-Africa movement. When the Ethiopian prince Ras Tafari Makkonen was crowned Emperor Haile Selassie I in the 1930s, many in Jamaica looked to him as a messiah, and Rasta was born. It combines elements of African and Jamaican beliefs. Sommers's field notes on the group can be found in S 1628, Box 1, folder 11. Recorded at the Little River Community Center. The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t86-058 | Interview with shell player Limone Joseph | Sound | Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Demonstrations
Music
Latinos
Haitian Americans
Shells
Interviewing
Interviews
Life histories
Drums
Musicians | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with shell player Limone Joseph
- Date
- 1985-08-17
- Description
- One reel to reel tape (also copied onto audio cassette: C86-101). Interview with Po Lambi player (Haitian shell playing). The skill was used in rural Haitian villages to signal social gatherings, as work songs, and during harvesting. It is usually played with drums, and is of African origins. For Haitians, it is a symbol of their culture. He discusses learning po lambi; uses of it; life in rural Haiti; moving to the US (c. 1975); getting degree in Social Sciences; his family's reaction to his learning po lambi; history of the tradition; and teaching Haitian folklife to others. For images of Joseph, see S 1577, v. 41, S86-4721 - S86-4727. The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t86-059 | Choir music at Nortre Dame d'Haiti Church | Sound | Fieldwork
Haitian Americans
Church attendance
Church services
Churches
Religious music
Religious rites
Religion
Christianity
Choir singing
Choirs (music)
Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Choir music at Nortre Dame d'Haiti Church
- Date
- 1985-08-11
- Description
- Two reel to reel tapes. (Copied onto C86-102.) Recording of the choir at Notre Dame d'Haiti Church at a Sunday morning service. Field notes mention that the mike was 20 feet away from choir, so the recording is "under recorded." Includes Congo and calypso styles. The choir director was Michael Voltaire. The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t86-063 | The 3 Superstars performing | Sound | Fieldwork
Haitian Americans
Restaurants
Music performance
Performing arts
Calypso music
Drums
Bands (Music)
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The 3 Superstars performing
- Date
- 1985-08-02
- Description
- Two reel to reel tapes. (Copied onto C86-105/106) Performance by the 3 Superstars, a Haitian Calypso band, performing at the Aux Palmiste Restaurant. The band consisted of Wagner Lallane on keyboards, Lucien Romelus on steel drums, and Rodrigue Millien on bass and vocals. The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t86-065 | Interview with Wagner Lalanne | Sound | Fieldwork
Haitian Americans
Bands (Music)
Restaurants
Music
Performing arts
Calypso music
Music business
Interviewing
Interviews
Oral histories
Musicians
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Interview with Wagner Lalanne
- Date
- 1985-07-30
- Description
- One reel to reel tape. (Copied onto C86-107) Lalanne discusses moving to Miami; conservatory training; learning music; playing professionally in Haiti; how the music has changed in U.S.; Caribbean influences; and current songs. Recorded at the Aux Palmiste Restaurant. The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t86-066 | Interview with and performance by Haitian singer-composer Kiki Wainwright | Sound | Fieldwork
Haitian Americans
Composers
African Americans
Music
Performing arts
Calypso music
Music business
Interviewing
Interviews
Oral histories
Music performance
Musicians
Social workers
Singers | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with and performance by Haitian singer-composer Kiki Wainwright
- Date
- 1985-08-04
- Description
- Two reel to reel tapes. (Copied onto C86-108/109) Interview with Wainwright. He discusses dancing and singing in Haiti; forming in a dance troupe; his career in Miami; writing songs; and singers in Haiti. Also includes Wainwright performing ten songs. NOTE: According to the depositor agreement, Wainwright's performances can not be used for commercial purposes. The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1986 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalas, Nancy Nusz and Laurie Sommers in order to identify folk arts and folk artists for the special folklife area at the 34th Annual Florida Folk Festival. The traditions are mainly Haitian, Jamaican, Mexican, Bahamian, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t86-107 | Friday performances at the 1986 Florida Folk Festival (Main Stage) (Reel 7) | Sound | Musicians
Singers
Drummers (Musicians)
Festivals
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Special events
Music performance
Shells
Drum music
Arts, Haitian
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| a_s1576_t90-063 | Haitian Carniveral Traditions workshop at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Florida Folklife Area) | Sound | Bands (Music)
Storytellers
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Music performance
Performing arts
Steel drum (Musical instrument)
African Americans
Trinidadians
Haitian Americans
Demonstrations
Workshops
Holidays and festivals
Drummers (Musicians)
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Haitian Carniveral Traditions workshop at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Florida Folklife Area)
- Date
- 1990-05-25
- Description
- One reel to reel recording. Cantrell served as the emcee. The worskhop began with the steel drum band, led by Reyes, followed by Liliane Louis, prompted by Cantrell, telling stories about Haitian holiday tradtions. Each year at the Florida Folk Festival, the Florida Folklife Program emphasized a particular culture, tradtions, or geographic area. In 1990, they emphasized celebrations of various Florida groups. including Haitians, Trinidadians, Greeks, and Jewish peoples.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t90-064 | Haitian Foodways Traditions workshop at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Florida Folklife Area) | Sound | Cooks
Orators
Storytellers
Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Festivals
Special events
Workshops (Adult education)
Demonstrations
Food habits
Food preparation
Cookery, Haitian
African Americans
Storytelling
Haitian Americans
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Haitian Foodways Traditions workshop at the 1990 Florida Folk Festival (Florida Folklife Area)
- Date
- 1990-05-25
- Description
- One reel to reel recording. Cantrell served as the emcee. Louis discussed Haitian cooking, including a demonstration of beignet making. Also food during Caniveral. Each year at the Florida Folk Festival, the Florida Folklife Program emphasized a particular culture, tradtions, or geographic area. In 1990, they emphasized celebrations of various Florida groups. including Haitians, Trinidadians, Greeks, and Jewish peoples.
- Collection
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