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MR.1979.34.2-A5

Basic facts:

 country   province   region   village   people   group   date   collector 
 Seychelles                  1978   Bernard Koechlin 

Language and title:

original language:
title in original language: Dodo baba
title in English:

Musical composition:

 type   # performers   instrument (type)   singing voice 
 Solo    1   -   MALE 

Characteristics:

general: vocal
function: lullaby
length: 3:25 min.

Performers:

Dolfin Franset

Fragment:

not available online

Remarks:

Lullaby performed, always by Dolfin Franset, with tenderness and humor, the singer even takes out "his phial", a flask that no doubt contains a calming potion. The term "baba", in Seychellian Creole, means a baby.

"Seychelles 2: Musiques oubliées 'des Îles'"


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