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2. Voices of the Orishas
- Collection:
- Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
- Contributers:
- Pérez Betancourt,Alvaro (Author)
- Format:
- Video/DVD
- Language:
- Spanish; Primarily in Spanish and Yoruba, with English subtitles;
- Publication Date:
- 1993
- Published:
- Berkeley, CA: University of California, Extension Media Center
- Location:
- African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Notes:
- 1 videocassette (37 min.), An ethnographic documentary which demonstrates the survival and strength of the Yoruba cultural and religious heritage in the contemporary life of Caribbean African-Hispanics. Documents a ritual ceremony that features dancing, singing, praying and drum beating, invoking the twenty-two Orishas, or deities of the Yoruba religion.