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The Creole Choir of Cuba: Reviving Caribbean History

July 28, 2013 8:13 AM

Haitian descendants are Cuba's largest ethnic minority. This is exactly what creates the story of The Creole Choir of Cuba. The Creole Choir of Cuba is percussion and vocal group that is known for performing songs related to social change, faith and history in Caribbean. The group consists of four men and six women. The songs sung by this group are in tribute to the migrations made by their ancestors.

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Choir recently launched an album called Santiman. The album reaches deep into the deeply interlaced histories of Haiti and Cuba. 'Juramento', a Cuban folk song has deep echoes of the music of Christian church while 'Simbi' shifts its focus to the sources belonging to the era before Christ and speaks of the Haitian spirit. The leading male voice along with the percussion creates an uncanny feeling of the Voodoo ceremony of Haiti that holds deep relationships with the spiritual practices of ancient West Africa.

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The history of migration of Haitians to Cuba dates back to Haitian Revolution which took place around 200 years ago but The Creole Choir of Cuba paid a visit to its ancestral home only in 1990s. Since then, they have visited Haiti on quite a few occasions and even after the 2010 earthquake that devastated Haiti. The group composed a song called 'Pou Ki Ayiti Kriye?', which asked the question, 'how can a country to so beautiful suffer so much?' The group actually grew mature after the release of Tande-La, their first international album. The group's vocals are committed, strong, clear and deeply informed by the history of the Caribbean.

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