- Description
The 60 different ethnic groups of Burkina Faso all maintain unique repertoires of music and dance to accompany daily activities, rituals, and the harvest cycle. This album samples each of the country's three major cultural regions—Voltaic, Mande, and Fulani—featuring drums, musical bow, xylophone, percussion, gourd-clarinet, and calabash, with vocals.
Description
The 60 different ethnic groups of Burkina Faso all maintain unique repertoires of music and dance to accompany daily activities, rituals, and the harvest cycle. This album samples each of the country's three major cultural regions—Voltaic, Mande, and Fulani—featuring drums, musical bow, xylophone, percussion, gourd-clarinet, and calabash, with vocals.