Field recordings of Haitian voodoo ceremonies released by Atlantic in 1958. The album is actually called "Voodoo Drums in Hi-Fi" Here's an excerpt of the liner notes on the album: "Haiti may be a dark enigma to most of its visitors, but if one learns the language of the drums, the life and mind of its people open to you like a flower. The drums are never silent; day and night they sound from some vague distant place, muffled but distinctly articulated like a heart-beat.
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Field recordings of Haitian voodoo ceremonies released by Atlantic in 1958. The album is actually called "Voodoo Drums in Hi-Fi" Here's an excerpt of the liner notes on the album: "Haiti may be a dark enigma to most of its visitors, but if one learns the language of the drums, the life and mind of its people open to you like a flower. The drums are never silent; day and night they sound from some vague distant place, muffled but distinctly articulated like a heart-beat. [...] The drum rhythms -- as well as the art of making drums -- came from Africa. [...] From Africa also came voudoun, which is a religious ceremonial and also a deeply ingrained attitude to life and the nature of things[...] Through the boungan (the voudoun priest), man converses with nature. Through him, man supplicates for protection against impending dangers, and through him, sometimes, man strikes at an enemy."
