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MR.1959.22.1-2-A1

Basic facts:

 country   province   region   village   people   group   date   collector 
 Mauritania      Tagant et Hodh            Jul 1952    

Language and title:

original language:
title in original language: Kar tzerghif, mekke moussa
title in English:

Musical composition:

 type   # performers   instrument (type)   singing voice 
 Solo    1   unknown   MALE 
 Solo    1   unknown   FEMALE 

Characteristics:

general:
function: unknown
length: unknown

Performers:

Ali ould Eide, Mneina Mint Nana

Fragment:

not available online

Remarks:

"Musique Maure - Par Ali ould Eide et Mneina mint Nana"
Reference Musique Maure. Musée de l'Homme 54. 3.
Music of the Kounta and Mechdouf tribes.
Kar tzerghif, mekke moussa.
Kar: joyous song.
Tzerghif: blackish-gray color, like a gray female camel with white patches.
Mekke Moussa: indicates the white way in general of which tzerghif is a variant.
Mekke Moussa is a black man's proper name.


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