{"id":2965,"date":"2012-10-02T23:41:32","date_gmt":"2012-10-03T03:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richardlouissaint.com\/?p=2965"},"modified":"2012-10-02T23:41:32","modified_gmt":"2012-10-03T03:41:32","slug":"haitian-rara-band-dja-rara-at-five-myles-gallery-brooklyn-ny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richardlouissaint.com\/?p=2965","title":{"rendered":"Haitian Rara Band DJA-Rara At Five Myles Gallery, Brooklyn, NY"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/p>\n

Haitian rara band, DJA-Rara.<\/h1>\n

From honkfest.org: Originating in Haiti, Rara music is part-carnival, part-social protest,<\/em>
\n part-vodou ceremony, and is one of the most breathtaking and contested music<\/em>
\n forms in the Americas. Raras utilize African drums, marching band<\/em>
\n percussion, bamboo tubes. But the distinctive sound comes from the metal<\/em>
\n \u201cKone\u201d horns that are each tuned to a single note and then are \u201chocketed\u201d \u2013<\/em>
\n where multiple players blow in patterns to create complex melodies.<\/em>
\n Traditional song lyrics range from communicating rural news, to performing<\/em>
\n spiritual work of a vodou society, to using coded messages to critique<\/em>
\n political systems, but the energy is always that of an infectious,<\/em>
\n unstoppable celebration.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Haitian rara band, DJA-Rara. From honkfest.org: Originating in Haiti, Rara music is part-carnival, part-social protest, part-vodou ceremony, and is one of the most breathtaking and contested music forms in the Americas. Raras utilize African drums, marching band percussion, bamboo tubes. But the distinctive sound comes from the metal \u201cKone\u201d horns …<\/p>\n

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