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Makandal presents, teaches, and documents the sacred music and dance of Haitian Vodou, widely perceived in the mainstream as “voodoo.” We challenge clichées while keeping the magic of Vodou alive. More on our About page.
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Category Archives: Vodou
Makandal presents A Trip to Vodou Jazz
In Memory of Frisner Augustin1948 – 2012 Saturday, June 25, 2022 8 pm (Doors open at 7:15) Rooftop Terrace @ Brooklyn Commons 495 Flatbush AvenueLittle Caribbean in Flatbush, Brooklyn (map) Photo by Chantal Regnault, 1987
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Vintage Vodou from the Makandal Archive
Donk, lè m antre Nouyòk, mwen deside pou m fè plak. Sa k fè m te deside pou m fè plak se te yon afè… Kòmsi m ta di w, yon bagay m te gen nan mwen menm pou m … Continue reading
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Tagged Drumming, Frisner Augustin, Haiti, Haitian Drumming, Haitian Drums, Haitian Music, Makandal, Music, Vodou
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Tales from the Archive: Vodou in the Voodoo Theatre*
She was planning the program with good intentions. “Do it just like you do it at home,” Verna Gillis told Frisner as we met with her in the run-up to our first performance at Soundscape, her loft in the Manhattan … Continue reading
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Tagged Archive, Dance, Drumming, Drums, Frisner Augustin, Haiti, Haitian, Haitian Dance, Haitian Music, Music, Symphony Space, Vodou, World Music Institute
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Tales from the Archive: The Fire Tape
His hands gripped the steering wheel as he cut his eyes off the road to fix them on mine. “The tape.” I didn’t have to wonder what Frisner was talking about. In the summer of 1986 Makandal had been hard … Continue reading
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Tagged Archive, Drumming, Drums, Frisner Augustin, Haiti, Haitian, Haitian Music, Vodou
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Tales from the Archive: Drumming in Praise of Karen McCarthy Brown
So many things we think we understand! I, for example, have long told myself that the separation of the mind and the body—a notion basic to modern thought—is a lie. True knowledge springs from a marriage of mind and body. … Continue reading
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Tagged Archive, Drumming, Drums, Frisner Augustin, Haiti, Haitian, Haitian Music, Karen McCarthy Brown, Mama Lola, Music, Vodou
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Dead Gorgeous Gear!
How many of us who know the Gede think about their fashion style? These infamous spirits of death and decay are so in-your-face with their sass, their salacious talk, their spot-on mimicry of our carnal secrets that the chic elements of their … Continue reading
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Feed the Dead in November
We all have them. A doting parent, a best friend, a precocious child, a favorite teacher, a supportive colleague… Lost, too soon, to the other side. The dead. The wheel turns, their numbers swell—with those who happened to be in front … Continue reading
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Let’s Talk About the Spirits of Death
Let’s talk about death. How much energy—how many dollars—do we invest during the course of our lives in putting off the inevitable? After all, what can be more frightening for a human than death, the precipice of the unknowable? What … Continue reading
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