Afoxê

Afoxé [ afu ∫ e: ] referred to in the Brazilian music a vessel rattle, a rhythm and a dance and music ensemble at the carnival.

Instrument

All meanings are derived from the rattle Afoxé, but which bears this name only in the Candomblé music of the Brazilian Northeast, and is otherwise referred to as Xequerê. The shaker instrument, which is found in many African and Latin American music cultures, consists of a calabash ( an empty, dry and hard gourd fruit ) to a network of beads or cowries is stretched. The Afoxé sets the pulse of the music.

Rhythm

To denote Afoxé as rhythm is not strictly correct, because this is actually mentioned in the Candomblé music Ijexá. Only the totality of music, dance and song during a move is called Afoxé. Nevertheless Afoxé is often equated with Brazilians with Ijexá rhythm.

The Blocos set the Ijexá rhythm, played on Atabaques and bell Candomblé de Angola with his hands on the instruments a large bateria to: Surdos, timbas, Afoxé ( SHEKERE ), snare and Agogô.

Bloco

Afoxé - Blocos can be found in northeastern Brazil, especially in Salvador, but also in Fortaleza and Pernambuco, some have also become established in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.

A Afoxé - Bloco consists of dancers and a larger drum group. Songs, rhythm and dance dedicated to the Candomblé goddess Oxum, the color of the costumes is therefore white with golden or blue jewelry. The songs are sung in Yoruba, the language of the African origin of Candomblé. Before you move a religious ceremony in the respective terreiro is usually performed. The origin of the Candomblé religion is also reflected in the alternative name Candomblé de rua. They were created by the desire of the members of a Terreiro ( place of performance of Candomblé ) to show during the carnival on the streets presence.

Founded in 1948 group filhos de Gandhy ( " Children of Gandhi " ) was the first Afoxé the Carnival in Salvador da Bahia. Until Ilê Aiyê 1975, the first bloco afro black consciousness into the center of a carnival procession, the filhos de Gandhy were the only carnival group that appealed to African roots.

In Germany, the Bloco Afoxé Loni is headed by Dudu Tucci Murah Soares and the Berlin Carnival of Cultures in the tradition of Afoxé removals.