Sacatar Open Call Group Projects 2021 - Singing

The project consists of recording songs related to the orixá OSSAIM by the voice of EKEDY SINHA, equede of the Terreiro da Casa Branca in Salvador.

The nature of the project was to sing for Ossain (ed: the Orixá of sacred and miraculous plants), and I surpassed my expectations. Sacatar made me want to do more and sing more. As I am a very anxious person who lives in a community, I would not be able to do a job like this at the Casa Branca (ed: the oldest candomblé in Brazil, where Equede Sinha occupies a principal post). So Sacatar is an ideal place to do this kind of work. Nobody bothers us. At night, there’s peace. The sound of the waves of the sea takes you to places you can’t imagine. Sacatar provides places and moments that give us peace, joy, and comfort for us to work. As much as I knew what to do, at Casa Branca I couldn’t do it. I would be interrupted at every turn!

Equede Sinha

(Performance / Bahia, Brasil, Sacatar Fellow 2019)

We recorded traditional but little-known songs for the orixá Ossain in the rare voice of the great Equede de Oxossi of Casa Branca, the artist and singer Equede Sinha. The fundamental role of Sacatar is to be a space to sow seeds. Deep, restorative, welcoming, like a fertile earth cradle in time, space, silent and non-judgmental – so that we can, together, record the sounds. This recording, the free singing, and the selection of songs would not be possible without the privileged time at Sacatar. Being in Sacatar is like enjoying a mango tree between December and January; it is a multiplication of joys.

Isa Trigo

(Performance / Bahia, Brasil, Sacatar Fellow 2018)