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Lalubanché

According to Avante, it is the rhythm only Elegguá dances. García treats it as Elegguá's rezo (prayer), his first toque.

Lalubanché

According to Avante, it is the rhythm only Elegguá dances. García treats it as Elegguá's rezo (prayer), his first toque.

To be verified
Elegguá: Lalubanché
  1. Two steps forward · Feet
  2. Three-step · Feet
  3. Shoulders and chest · Torso
  4. Pendulum arms · Arms
01 · Step by step

The sequence

  1. Step 1: Two steps forwardTwo steps forwardWalk two steps forward: right, then left.Count and 1, and 2To be verified
  2. Step 2: Three-stepThree-stepRight forward, the left marks in place on the ball of the foot, and the right comes back.Count 3–5To be verified
  3. Step 3: Shoulders and chestShoulders and chestLift your shoulders, let them drop and bring them forward; then push the chest out.To be verified
  4. Step 4: Pendulum armsPendulum armsSwing your arms like a pendulum and turn the garabato wrist as if opening a lock with a key.To be verified
02 · Cues

The body

  • FeetCount “and 1, and 2, and 1-2-3”. Two single steps forward. Then three: forward, the other foot marks in place on the ball, and you come back to the start. Constant bounce.Sources 9, 34
  • TorsoTipped forward. The shoulders rise, drop and come forward; the chest pushes forward and the shoulders go back. It ripples with the arm swing.Sources 9, 34
  • ArmsPendular arm swing in a circle. Hold them away from the ribs, as if they were taking in air. According to García, they swing forward and back. The garabato is in the right hand; the wrist turns like someone opening a door with a key.Sources 9, 34
03 · Toque and count

What it is danced to

ToqueLalubanché (Olubanshe, rezo), with the chant “Barasuayo”. “Barasuayo” is also sung over Borotiti (“Barasuayo por debajo”).Count: and 1, and 2, and 1-2-3 · 8 pulsesDancer
Two stepsThree-step
The source numbers the three-step from 1; here it continues as 3–5. It does not say how the phrase is completed or whether it repeats on the other side.To be verifiedSource 34You don’t need to count the drum: listen for the pulse and the iyá’s calls; that’s where the step changes.
04 · References

See it danced

Stage or class videos only; never ceremonies.
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Sources and reading45 sources
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