Papa Simbi (Live at Hotel Oloffson)
by RAM · 2019 · rasin · 1:30 · Haitian Creole, French
“Papa Simbi” remains at Hotel Oloffson for a RAM performance lasting only one minute and thirty seconds. Simbi is a presence of water, knowledge, and mystery in Haitian Vodou tradition, and the title addresses him respectfully as “Papa.” The short 2019 clip has no time for a long ceremony or arrangement; it preserves a moment where chant, drums, and place meet. The Oloffson is RAM's historic stage home, giving the page specific ground. This is not a studio demonstration about tradition but a fragment of living tradition in a place where it regularly takes sound.