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MR.1959.22.1-2-B2

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: Lebiadh djeinna
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. 4.
Music of the Kounta and Mechdouf tribes.
Lebiadh djeinna.
Lebiadh: the white way.
Djeinna: the exact white path (in the black way).
This play is composed of three songs. The first is a love song, on the famous Arabic verses "Ghouloub el achighina..." ("The hearts of the lovers..."). The second deals with an abandoned camp. The third is praise from one Cheikh to another (Cheikh Sydia to Cheikh Sadd-Bouh).


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