MUSI 3583 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Artibonite River, Artibonite Valley, Cowhide
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Haiti is known as one of the most africanized places in the americas. Haiti, the essence of africa in the caribbean early independence (1804) and a european embargo (1804-1825) that isolated the country from. Angola region. world ideas and commerce until late in the 19th century. Dahomey (benin, togo, and parts of ghana and nigeria) or kongo from larger kongo-luango- The africans were from ethnic groups such as the fon/ewe and yoruba of the ancient kingdom of. Largest river on the artibonite valley island is artibonite river. Ewe) and the kongo-petwo rite (from kongo/luongo-angola and the crucibles of the plantation system). Musics/dances are the (cid:498)yanvalou(cid:499), (cid:498)mayi(cid:499), and (cid:498)zepol(cid:499) which form an (cid:498)nago gran kou(cid:499), (cid:498)nago cho(cid:499), and (cid:498)mazoun(cid:499) are sequences to alute yoruba obligatory trilogy to welcome fon spirits spirits. Rada drums made of hollowed out tree trunk sections covered with stretched cowhide attached with pegs inserted around the head. These drums are played with sticks and one hand.
