| a_s1576_76_d96-018d | Roots of Rhythm performance at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival Main Stage | Sound | Cuban Americans
Florida Folk Festival
Folk festivals
Music--Cuban influences
Music--Performance
Batá
Orisha religion
Santeria
Rumba | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Roots of Rhythm performance at the 1996 Florida Folk Festival Main Stage
- Date
- 1996-05-26
- Description
- Conga leads Roots of Rhythm in playing traditional Afro-Caribbean drum music. Throughout the performance, Conga gives historical and musical context on the different rhythms they play. Dancers from Grupo Folklore Latino join the ensemble on the second rumba.
- Collection
| a_s1576_05_c81-019 | Folklife in Miami slide-tape presentation | Sound | Education
Interviews
Cuban Americans
Latinos
Field recordings
Santeria
Cigar making | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Folklife in Miami slide-tape presentation
- Date
- 1980
- Description
- One audio cassette. An educational audio and slide program entitled about the Cuban American community in South Florida. The program was created from earlier fieldwork images and audio recordings. Duplicate copies can be found in S 1576, box 39, tapes 4-7.
- Collection
| Botanica Nena in Little Havana | Botanica Nena in Little Havana | Still Image | Fieldwork
Santeria
Herbs
Figurines
Crosses
Crucifixes
Religious symbolism
Religion
Christianity
Christian art and symbolism
Specialty stores
Stores, retail | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Botanica Nena in Little Havana
- Date
- 1980-06-02
- Description
- Thirty color slides. A botanica was a place where believers in Santeria could buy herbs and other supplies. Santeria is a New World version of the Yoruba religion. Catholic items such as crucifixes and statues of saints were also for sale. Slides S80-177, S80-180, S80-185, S80-189, and S80-191 are missing.
- Collection
| Haitian Botanica storefront | Haitian Botanica storefront | Still Image | Fieldwork
Specialty stores
Stores, retail
Religion
Haitian Americans
Community enterprise
Arts, Haitian
Community culture
Signs (commercial)
Santeria
Beliefs and cultures | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Haitian Botanica storefront
- Date
- 1985-08
- Description
- One color slide. This was a place where believers in Santeria can buy herbs and other supplies. Santeria is a Cuban version of the Yoruba religion. The Dade Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1985 and 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_t80-046 | Interview with Cuban immigrant Aleida Martinez-Garrido | Sound | Fieldwork
Oral histories
Interviews
Personal experience narratives
Santeria
Jokes
Cuban Americans
Latinos
Cuba
Emigration and immigration
Religion
Politics and culture
Political movements
Communism
Castro, Fidel, 1926- | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with Cuban immigrant Aleida Martinez-Garrido
- Date
- 1980
- Description
- One reel to reel. Interveiw with a Cuban immigrant about the Cuban American community in Miami. Topics include: Reasons for immigration; life in Cuba; Communism; Fidel Castro (and jokes/anti-Castro movements), bolita; Santeria; quince; acculturation of Cuban Americans; the Mariel boat lift on 1980. Interview conducted for a slide/tape program on Cuban-Americans, a copy of which can be found on T80-95.
- Collection
| a_s1576_t85-145 | Interview with Santeria priest Ernesto Pichardo | Sound | Fieldwork
Interviewing
Interviews
Santeria
Beliefs and cultures
Religion
Alternative medicine
Cuban Americans
Latinos
Life histories
Oral histories
Priests | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Interview with Santeria priest Ernesto Pichardo
- Date
- 1985-08-15
- Description
- Two reel to reel tapes. Interview with Pichardo about Santeria. He discusses Santeria dancing, medicine, food, and philosophy; origins of Santeria; Santeria under Batista, Castro, and in Miami; African origins; apprenticeships; and present customs. 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, Bahaman, Cuban and Jewish and cover a wide range of skills and art forms.
- Collection
| Santeria clothing and artifacts | Santeria clothing and artifacts | Still Image | Fieldwork
Material culture
Clothing and dress
Santeria
Religion
Jewelry
Necklaces
Textile arts
Decorative arts | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Santeria clothing and artifacts
- Date
- 1987-08
- Description
- Twenty color slides. The photo log identifies each object and its function. There are necklaces and clothing for various Santeria rituals and ceremonies. Santeria is a Cuban version of the Yoruba religion. The Florida Folk Arts Survey was conducted in 1987 by folklorists Tina Bucuvalis, Steve Fragos, Merri Belland, and Barbara Seitz as preliminary research for a joint folk art between the Florida Folklife Program and the Florida Museum of History. The field researchers focused on those areas previously overlooked by FFP staff. The research focused on identifying folk artists and locating appropriate exhibit objects.
- Collection
| a_s1576_83_c00-080 | Ezequiel Torres demonstration at the 2000 Florida Folk Festival Folklife Narrative Stage | Sound | Folk festivals
Florida Folk Festival
Batá
Music -- Performance
Hourglass drums
Cuban Americans
Santeria
Orisha religion | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Ezequiel Torres demonstration at the 2000 Florida Folk Festival Folklife Narrative Stage
- Date
- 2000-05-27
- Description
- One audio cassette tape. Ethnomusicologist Martha Ellen Davis serves as emcee. Torres (drums) and his apprentice Yhanez (drums) discuss the origins of Cuban batá drumming and the different types of drums: Okónkolo ("baby" drum), Itótele ("father" drum), and Iyá ("mother" drum). He also describes Santeria and the orishas. They perform with Torres's sons, Aruan and Arelan, and his other apprentice, Font. Alfaro is a featured guest vocalist. The group was based in Miami.
The song titles reference the name of the orisha being sung to and the specific rhythm, or "toque," in parenthesis. The "Oru Seco" opens the batá ceremony as a supplication to the orishas to attend and participate.
- Collection
| Metro-Dade Folklife Area at 1986 Florida Folk Festival: Santeria demonstration area | Metro-Dade Folklife Area at 1986 Florida Folk Festival: Santeria demonstration area | Still Image | Folk festivals
Folklore revival festivals
Demonstrations
Santeria
Beliefs and cultures
Religion
Religious art
Cuban Americans
Latinos
Material culture
Priests | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/catalog_photo.jpg |
Metro-Dade Folklife Area at 1986 Florida Folk Festival: Santeria demonstration area
- Date
- 1986-05-24
- Description
- Six color slides. Demonstration of the material culture, practices, and rites of Santeria (The Way of the Saints), a syncretic belief system combining elements of West African religion with Catholicism. Ernesto was an italero, or a high priest of Santeria. Carman was his mother, and made Santeria-related clothing and crafts. For an interview with Pichardo, see S 1576, T85-145 - S85-146. 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_03_c80-017 | Copy of vinyl record <em>Rezo de Santo</em> | Sound | Latinos
Santeria
Religious music
Sound recordings | /fpc/memory/omeka_images/thumbnails/audio.jpg |
Copy of vinyl record Rezo de Santo
- Date
- 1980
- Description
- One audiocassette copy of a vinyl LP (Maype 130) by Batista. The original LP was produced and distributed by Continental Recording in Miami on the Cuban label, Maype. This recording cannot be reproduced due to copyright.
- Collection
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