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MR.1959.12.1-B1d
Basic facts:
| country |
province |
region |
village |
people |
group |
date |
collector |
| Senegal | | | Dakar | Sarakollé | | 1952 | Rouget Gilbert |
Language and title:
title in English: Possession dance
Musical composition:
| type | # performers | instrument (type) | singing voice |
| Group | unknown | (drum) |
- | |
| Solo | 1 | - |
FEMALE | |
| Group | unknown | - |
FEMALE | |
Characteristics:
general:
vocal, instrumentalvocaal, instrumentaalvocal, instrumental
function: ritual music
length: unknown
Performers:
unknown
Fragment:
not available online
Remarks:
"Ogoun, Dieu du Fer"
Rhythm of "armpit" drums with their typical gurgling, and women singing to a possession dance that induces a trance.
Tempo:
no information available
Pitch:
no information available