Afrekete Arará – Dance
Afrekete is the foddún of the Arará tradition of Matanzas who corresponds to Yemayá. In Jovellanos and Perico she is called Ferekete, in the Zulueta house in Jovellanos Ananú.
Afrekete
- Names: Afrekete (Matanzas), Ferekete (Jovellanos, Baró house, and Perico), Ananú (Jovellanos, Zulueta house).
- Saint: she is syncretised with the Virgin of Regla (7 September).
- Colours: blue and white, like Yemayá.
For Yemayá's dance, see the Yemayá page. We have not found a separate description of Afrekete's dance in the sources.
The Arará tradition
In Cuba the Arará are the descendants of enslaved Ewe, Adjá and Fon people from Dahomey. According to EcuRed their religion now survives only in Matanzas. They have their own ritual language, their own drums (caja, mula and cachimbo) and their own ceremonial dances. More on the Arará page.