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Yorùbá Bàtá: A Living Drum and Dance Tradition from Nigeria

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Uploaded by on Aug 29, 2007

Introduction to Yorùbá Bàtá Performance as practiced in Èrìn-Òsun, Nigeria. Featuring Làmídì Àyánkúnlé, master bàtá drummer from Èrìn-Òsun.

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  • do you have mp3 versions of their songs?

  • Sorry, I don't have versions of the songs as they are featured in this video. But members of the same family are playing on a CD for sale called "Agalu: Spirit of the Drum."

  • it is interesting to know you have a great deal of work on yoruba culture especially bata and egungun from erin osun but this i think would not be complete without mentioning and exhibiting some peculiar traditional characters from erin-ile where historically the erin osun originated from - this a town somewhere in kwara state. I want you to find out about this historical town called erin - ile.

  • Eseun, I have done my best to document this history in my book's opening chapter. My book's title is *Yoruba Bata Goes Global: Artists, Culture Brokers and Fans* (2007, University of Chicago Press).

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  • our culture is beautiful!  How can anyone deny it? wow...

  • @bakoagba Thank you for posting this video, where i come from we owe it all to your land and people when it comes to music, i'm from CUBA and on behalf of us on this side of the world we say thank you africa.

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  • This is my tribe :)

  • Peace, love , and understanding.

  • yessss amen to this music

  • ALAFIA TO ALL. LISTEN TO THIS YORUBA GIRL MUSIC

    Layori "DaDa" Official video (HQ)

  • @MARASALVATRUCHA199 There is a lot of yoruba material from cuba on recordings, it may be a bit different. But you might like it

  • @debraklein I actually have that book on my bookshelf but didn't get around to reading it as yet.

  • I LOVE my Yoruba culture. I'm proud that all my family are Yoruba. We will stay that way until the end of time. God Bless Nigeria.

  • I love the Yoruba Dance! :D

  • @greenie247 it is not strange at all, the yoruba culture is very embedded in south america to this day.

  • @EmiMale judging by the comments after mine i think it is you who are ignorant not me ! lol! thanks for sharing.. not.. next.

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