Bembe for Oyá, Cabildo of Santa Teresa, Matanzas, August
1989. The Cabildo’s drumming group, Conjunto Omó Lallé
plays traditional pegged bembé drums (the drummer of the
caja, or largest drum, plays with one palm and one stick). The cabildo’s
director, Osvaldo Cárdenas Villamíl (right center), sings
to Oyá (left center), who has possessed the then octagenarian Tomasa
Villamíl (in red). patchwork vests and hats for Oyá are
worn by the cabildo’s male members.
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