Marching Band > BENIN
The Eyo’nle Marching Band : More than 2000 concerts around the world since 2005
Eyo’nlé, means « Be marry », expression of the Yoruba language: the language of Benin and Nigeria, Togo, Brazil, Cuba …
These eight musicians have ingeniously combined the heritage of Beninese festive music, percussion and the jazzy music of street bands, present in the brass arrangements. The songs, they stick to the news: democracy, AIDS, youth unemployment. These songs also celebrate traditional entertainment, voodoo ceremonies, ritual funerals and initiation rites. It sings, it moves, it dances, in short, it lives!
« We wanted to move away from the style of military fanfares and popular festivals, we studied our music, from voodoo, goun, yoruba and torri traditions and we created our own style, our own songs and our arrangements »
Mathieu Ahouandjinou – BBE
If you want to use the photo it would also be good to check with the artist beforehand in case it is subject to copyright. Best wishes. Aaren Reggis Sela
they are the ones who sent it to us 😉