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Yoruba Culture
Browse articles about Yoruba Orishas, concerts, dances, talks, and lessons in the ancestral traditions, in New York City.
Most Americans know Yoruba culture through Cuban Yoruba, where it absorbed Dahomey culture and some Kongo culture.
It's also become part of American culture through Br'er Rabbit and Bugs Bunny.
Pedrito Martinez Joins Hip Hop Jazz Singer José James at the Blue Note
BLUE NOTE, Greenwich Village, Manhattan José James’ guest, hip hop jazz 🇨🇺 🇮🇪 🇵🇦
DROM, East Village, Manhattan; rumba, timba, jazz 🇨🇺
Oyá is the Yoruba Orisha of Great Storms with Wind and Lightning that Bring Death and Rebirth
February 2 🇨🇺 🇵🇷
Eleguá ~ Papa Legba ~ Elegbara ~ Eshu is the Orisha of the Crossroads of Destiny
CUBA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, PUERTO RICO, COLOMBIA 🇨🇺
Babalú-Ayé is the Cuban Yoruba Orisha of Sickness and Healing
DECEMBER 17 🇨🇺
Manny Vega’s “Byzantine Bembé, New York” is a Love Letter to “El Barrio,” Puerto Rican, and Yoruba Culture
MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, “El Barrio” East Harlem, Manhattan 🇵🇷 🇧🇷
Santa Barbara is the Female Changó
DECEMBER 4 🇵🇷
Changó is the Yoruba Orisha of Music, Drumming, and Dancing
DECEMBER 4 🇨🇺
Inle is the Cuban Yoruba Orisha of Medical Workers and Fishers
October 24 🇨🇺
Obatalá is the Yoruba Orisha Who Made the World and People
September 24
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Oshun is the Yoruba Orisha of Fresh Water, Fertility and Love
September 8 🇨🇺 🇵🇷
Yemayá is the Yoruba Great Mother Orisha of the Sea
February 2 🇧🇷 🇺🇾
September 7 🇨🇺
December 31 🇧🇷
Yewá, Yoruba Orisha of the Cemetery Dances with the Dead to Help them Move On
The Cuban Yoruba orisha of fertility, chastity, loneliness, and death; helps us through the last step in life’s journey.
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Celebrate Ogun, the Warrior Orisha of Metals, Technology, Drivers and Rum. ¡Aguanile!
June 29
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Banda Iroko Will Make You Want to Dance Like You’re Madly in Love
Banda Iroko is Israeli bassist Avishai Cohen and Nuyorican conguero-vocalist Abraham Rodriguez Jr’s Nuyorican jazz project.
It’s the perfect blend of singing bass and singing drum.
BLUE NOTE
Greenwich Village
Tuesday-Sunday, April 25-30, 2023
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Daymé Arocena Joins Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra in a Dizzy, Chano and Chico Tribute at The Town Hall
Saturday, January 14, 2023
THE TOWN HALL
Midtown, Manhattan
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New York Philharmonic “Oyá” Reopens David Geffen Hall with Brazilian Composer Marcos Balter’s Work on the Yoruba Orisha of Rebirth
DAVID GEFFEN HALL, Lincoln Center 🇧🇷
Aggayú Solá is the Orisha of Flowing Forces of Nature
Tuesday, July 25, 2023
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AfriBembé Festival Honors Oshún Virtually
Saturday, September 19, 2020 from 2-8pm
CCCADI.ORG
FREE
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Caribbean Cultural Center teaches Afro-Cuban Plant and Herb Traditions
Thursdays, April 16, 23, 30 & May 7, 2020
ZOOM
CARIBBEAN CULTURAL CENTER AFRICAN DIASPORA INSTITUTE
El Barrio, East Harlem
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Oba Frank Bell leads a webinar on Integral Plants & Herbs in Afro-Cuban Orisha & Palo Traditions. FREE