Kuru Kuru Gbede

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This verse can be heard in this youtube video between these timestamps: 0:00 - 0:30

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This verse can be heard in this youtube video:

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This verse can be heard in this youtube video between these timestamps: 0:00 - 0:30

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TRANSLATION/MEANING

kuru kuru - (Refers to the sound of the duck) The sound of Osayín…(is the) shaking sound of mariwó

Allusion to the chant: I am moving the mariwó to come in; allow me in.

Need Help?

• The word gbede uses the sound gb. Please refer to the Alphabet: GB to hear how this may sound. When singing, the g may be nearly silent, and you may only hear *beh-deh.
• Listen to the akpwon (vocalist/chanter)! The word mariBo may also sound like mariWo. Both of these are just different variations that a singer may choose.
• The o at the end of maribo will merge into osain - listen for it in mah-ree-boh~sain.

RESOURCES:

• Havana & Matanzas, Cuba, ca. 1957: Batá, Bembé, and Palo Songs from the historic recordings of Lydia Cabrera and Josefina Tarafa

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T. Altmann. Cantos lucumí: a los Orichas. Song 74, page ?

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Resources

• Osain Class with Bobi Céspedes on January 3, 2022. (Bobi Céspedes)
• T. Altmann. Cantos lucumí: a los Orichas. Song 74, page ?
• Recording by Stephanie Frantz. Recorded on December 17, 2022.
• Lázaro Ros – Orisha Ayé - Osain

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