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| Folklife Festival 2003 > Mali > Performers > Page 2 |
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| Baba Larab Guilemikoye M'bara I., Gao, dancer Arawaidou Yacouba, Gao, guitar Salif Maiga, Gao, guitar Zéinaba Assoutor, Gao, dancer |
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| —This Sonrai group is known for the Takamba music, which is used for dances of love, inviting the lover to come out and have fun. It is danced in pairs with reciprocal gestures. | |
| Tartit (Kel Antessar) Mohamed Al Ansari, leader (encadreur) Issa Amanou, n'goni Mohamed I. Ag Oumar, n'goni Idwal Ag Mohamed, n'goni Fatoumata Mohomadoun, dancer Tafa W. Alhousseini, violin Aboubacrine Ag Mohamed, singer Abdallah Al Housseini, guitar |
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| —Tartit, meaning "union," was originally formed as a group of Tuareg women living in Mauritanian refugee camps during the Tuareg rebellion. Their music is performed seated, with a languorous grace expressed in gestures of the arms and eyes. The men in the group also dance with swords. | |
| Ensemble Instrumental
Massambou Wèlè Diallo, Artistic Director |
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| —The National Instrumental Ensemble members are national representatives of traditional griot music. Most of the singers are women, jelimusaw, who sing legends and praise singing in arranged pieces adapted from traditional choral music. | |
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| Groupe So Fing (Markala) Mariam Thiero, singer and dancer Aishata Niono, backup singer Almamy Thiero, percussionist Oumar Traoré, percussionist Yaya Famanta, percussionist Mohamed Khalifa Thiero, percussionist |
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| —Mariam Thiero is the lead singer for a puppet masquerade troupe. Marionettes have mystical origins, a communicating link between water spirits and the fishing Somano and Bos peoples. These are grouped into four categories: those used during the day, those used at night, those from the water and those from the earth. Mamou Thiero sings with a strong, clear voice accompanied by drummers. The large water animal marionettes, hippos, manatees and large river fish such as capitaine, are manipulated to their rhythms. | |
| Groupe Sogonikun (Wassoulou)
Amadou Diakité, dancer |
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| —Amadou Diakité has been without question the greatest dancer of the Wassoulou style for the past 35 years. Here he performs, with his two sons Bakary and Kassoum, two styles of traditional masked performance: Sigui, the water buffalo dance, and Sogonikun, a popular dance. The whole face is covered with a decorated veil. A mask or statuette, painted black, is placed on the head and supported by a mass of fibers. | |
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