Xangô*

Track 15

 

Text and Music: Heitor Villa-Lobos

 

Xangô, olê gondilê, ola la

Gon, gon, gon, gondilá!

 

*Xangô is an invocation in an African dialect to Xangô, one of the divinities of the Makumba religion.

 

Sung in the African dialect of the Makumba religion

 

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