Thursday, July 3, 2008

ta-cu-PRA cu-PRA.

ta-cu-PRA cu-PRA.
ta-cu-PRA cu-PRA.
ta-cu-PRA cu-PRA.

this is one rhythm of the itótele, the medium sized drum of the batá, a set of three drums sacred to the orishas. the itótele is the father drum; there are also iyá, the mother drum, the biggest, and okónkolo, the baby.

the batá are played together. it´s hard for me to keep a rhythm with the other two.

1 comment:

jana said...

oh-- and i'm not supposed to play them at all, according to miguel. he insists that he used to play with the irakere, so i suppose he knows. grin.