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The Big Drum Ritual of Carriacou: Praisesongs in Rememory of Flight
Lorna McDaniel
This text introduces 120 of the song texts and dances that call and entertain the ancestors who are central to Carriacou religious experience. Lorna McDaniel looks at the nine coded rhythms of the boula drums and the history of the nine African ""nations"" that inhabited early Carriacou.
192 pages, 12 b&w photographs, 7 line drawings, 29 musical scores, 6 tables, notes, bibliography
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | October 31, 1998 |
| ISBN13 | 9780813016078 |
| Publishers | University Press of Florida |
| Pages | 192 |
| Dimensions | 161 × 235 × 22 mm · 518 g |
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