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Forced migration
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Coerced movement of a person or persons away from their home or home region (often violent
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Voluntary migration
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When people migrate by their own will
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Diaspora
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The movement, migration, or scattering of people away from an established or ancestral homeland
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Jinshan
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The "gold mountain" USA?
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Gold mountain
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Many chinese immigrated to California in search of gold from the gold rush
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Muyu or Muk’yu
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Chinese: sung poetry, tells a personal story intimate and narrative form of poetry
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Sheung Chi Ng ( Uncle Ng)
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Went to “gold mountain” not as great as he thought it would be, desired most to go back home with money
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Vocables
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Used by Uncle Ng : nonsense syllables
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Melisma
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Singing of a single syllable of text while moving between several different notes in succession
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Erhu
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Chinese instrument: two string bow picked fiddle
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Sheng
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Chinese mouth organ
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Zheng
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Chinese zither plucked
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Yangqin
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Chinese zither HAMMERED
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Pipa
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Chinese instrument played by Wu Man (Pear shapped guitar)
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Mawwal
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In Arab music, the traditional genre of vocal music that is usually presented before the actual song begins. Characterized by spelling vowel syllables longer than usual
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