Iluyenkori

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Iluyenkori was co-founded in 1987 by French percussionist Roger Fixy and French singer-dancer-actress Daniela Giacone. Their mission was to perform sacred Afro-Cuban "cantos y toques a los orishas," the music of Cuban Lucumi (also called Santeria, or Regla de Ocha). Iluyenkori collaborated with an internationally-diverse group of musicians to release three albums between 1992 and 1999. Although there was significant turnover of its members, Iluyenkori always retained an international character, with musicians born and raised in various European and South American countries, including Italy, France, Argentina, and French overseas region Réunion. The death of Roger Fixy in September 2008 marked the end of the group, although an offshoot, Alafia, continues to perform secular Cuban music in Paris. Iluyenkori performed sacred, ritualistic Afro-Cuban chants and rhythms. The new group's name was reputedly inspired (in part) by one of Havana's early rumba orchestras. However, the larger inspiration, according to Iluyenkori's web page, was derived from the Cuban dialect of African Yoruba used by devotees of the Lucumi religion; "ilu" means drum, "yen" means dance, and "kori" means song. Lucumi’s rituals and ceremonies depend on the interplay among drum, dance, and song as a mode for communicating with the orishas, or deities, and the name evokes that interplay. The "toques” (rhythmic songs directed at specific orishas) are played on the "bata," which are double-headed, hourglass-sha

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albums

Yemaya Et Ochun

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Edition Pierre Verger - Islands of the Sun (From Haiti to Trinidad)

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Drums of the World, Vol. 3 (Les tambours du monde)

Percussions Cubaines - Cuban Drums

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Percussions Cubaines

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Cuban Drums

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Paris Tiene Su Salsa

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JuJu - Chant et rythme à Elegua

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Drums of the World, Vol. 3

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Tambours Métis/ Cuban Drums

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Iluyenkori - Percussions cubaines. Cuban Drums

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Cuba: Tambours Bata

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