Ewe Dadara Madao

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This verse can be heard in this youtube video between these timestamps: 0:30 - 1:30

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This verse can be heard in this youtube video between these timestamps: 2:24 - 3:59

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This verse can be heard in this youtube video between these timestamps: 2:50 - 4:01

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CALL:

RESPONSE:

same

Need Help?

• Listen to the akpwon (vocalist/chanter)! You may hear the first word as Osain ... or as Ewe .... Both of these are just different variations that a singer may choose.
• Another variation that you may hear is adadara or dadara; the difference being an ah sound first. Again, both are just different variations.

Ewé dadá dará má dá ó Leaves that performs good wonders that are always good

Ewé dadá dará má dá Leaves that performs good wonders that are always good

Osayín dá mí wó Osayín gives me sustenance

Osayín ká má wó Osayín gives me honor

Ewé dadá dará má dá Leaves that performs good wonders that are always good

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 76, page 88

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Resources

• Osain Class with Bobi Céspedes on January 3, 2022. (Bobi Céspedes)
• T. Altmann. Cantos lucumí: a los Orichas. Song 76, page 88
• Recording by Stephanie Frantz. Recorded on December 17, 2022.
• Lázaro Ros – Orisha Ayé - Osain
• Lázaro Ros – Orisha Ayé - Osain

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