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Title:Madagascar : awakening the spirits : music in tromba and bilo trance rituals.
Title-alternative:Awakening the spirits.
Title-alternative:Music in tromba and bilo trance rituals.
Subject:Sakalava (Malagasy people)
Subject:Songs and music
Subject:Sound recordings
Subject:Music
Subject:Madagascar
Subject:Sound recordings.
Subject:Rites and ceremonies
Subject:Cults
Description:1 sound disc (62 min.) : digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in. + notes (12 p., ill.).
Description:Vocal and instrumental music.
Description:Native performers.
Description:Field recordings by August Schmidhofer from 1986-1996.
Description:Compact disc.
Description:Tracks 4, 8, and 12 are mono. recordings.
Description:Program notes by Schmidhofer in English inserted in container.
Description:Soloho mahavelo = Prayer for healing (3:12) Revoro (4:00) Saribara = As the bara (6:20) Sezimary = Sitting still (2:46) Evorona (4:21) Vinda (1:25) Marare (2:15) Mamoha bilo = Awakening the bilo (1:54) Rombolava = Non-stopclapping (2:55) Mangalahosy = Lose the chord (4:30) Trafony amin'ny atiny = Hump and liver (6:07) Sezirina (4:55) Fandignisa = Waiting (2:57) Tsy anambalia = There isno reason to marry (2:57) Toliara tsimiroro = Toliara neversleeps (4:29) Balantsy (5:59).
Contributor:Barre, VT : Multicultural Media, 1997.role: Publisher
Contributor:Schmidhofer, August.role: Author
Type:Sound
is part of:Music of the earth.
Place:Libraryrole: storage

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