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Polyrhythmic Ensemble
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Complex combined whole
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Sacred
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Regarded with reverance
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Secular
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Not pertaining to or connected to religion
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Shona Ethnic Group
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Mbira, Drums, Zimbabwe
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"Talking" Drums
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Drums that tell a story, they "repeat" what the speaker says.
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Yoruba Ethnic Group
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Vodou, Haiti
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Syncretism
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Overlapping of religious practice
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Indigenous
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Originating in & characteristic of a particular region or country; native
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Mandinka Ethnic Group
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One of the Largest ethnic groups in W. Africa; Griots & Kora
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Gypsy (Rom) Ethnic Group
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An ethnic group originating in India characterized by a semi-nomadic lifestyle; popularly known as gypsies.
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Dance
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To move one's feet or body, or both, rhythmically in a pattern of steps, esp. to the accompianment of music.
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Diaspora
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A group dispersion from a country or region
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Membranophone
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Ethnomusicological classification referring to instruments such as drums that use a vibrating stretched membrane as the principle means of sound production
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Monophony
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Music with a single melodic line
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Melody
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An organized succession of pitches forming a musical idea
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