LA HAVANA — Obini Bata, Cuba’s first all-female drum orchestra (and probably the first female bata band in the world), is breaking a taboo by stepping into a boy’s club and playing an instrument barred to women by religious law.
According to the Afro-Cuban religion of Santeria, only men can play bata drums because it is a sacred instrument used during religious ceremonies to communicate with the Gods.
The video was published by Marti Noticias in Spanish on August 1, 2016
This video was shot in Cuba in early June and published by Marti Noticias on August 1, 2016. Click here to watch it in English and here in Spanish.
