In Afro-Cuban repertoires, music structures the time of the ritual, creates emotion, but also participates in the induction and socialisation of the possession trance and the identification of the spirits (orichas, muertos). As ritual officiants, musicians creatively exploit melodic systems and rhythmic patterns associated with a wide range of musical genres and spirits. This lecture will illustrate how musicians adapt this skill to each context, allowing for a connection between people, while at the same time materialising this connection with an invisible world. In a way, music makes tangible what is considered elusive.

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In Partnership with the 24e Festival de l’Imaginaire.