File:Drumming for Ayizan by Frisner Augustin and La Troupe Makandal, Queens, New York, December 5, 2009.ogg

Summary
Using a Zoom H2 audio recorder, author and musicologist Lois Wilcken recorded this excerpt from an all-night Haitian Vodou dance in Queens, New York, on December 5, 2009. The recording features Frisner Augustin and his ensemble, Makandal. This particular set of songs saluted Ayizan, a Vodou lwa (spirit) of the community, the marketplace, and new initiates. A premonition of impending disaster prompted the leadership of the congregation to hold the dance, which included ablutions for protection. One month later, the Haiti earthquake of 2010 struck. Musicians: Frisner Augustin, lead drum; Steve Deats, second drum; Morgan Zwerlein, third drum; Lois Wilcken, bell