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Arumahani
produced by Carol Jenkins and Travis Jenkins; in Dabuyabarugu: Inside the Temple - Sacred Music of the Garifuna of Belize (Folkways Records, 1982), 3 mins
The Garifuna are descendants of escaped slaves who intermarried with native Carib and Arawak Indians. This album is a collection of music recorded during a dugu, a two week ceremonial feast that attempts to placate the gods. Requiring a year of preparation, and an ample supply of rum, the music heard on this al...
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produced by Carol Jenkins and Travis Jenkins; in Dabuyabarugu: Inside the Temple - Sacred Music of the Garifuna of Belize (Folkways Records, 1982), 3 mins
Description
The Garifuna are descendants of escaped slaves who intermarried with native Carib and Arawak Indians. This album is a collection of music recorded during a dugu, a two week ceremonial feast that attempts to placate the gods. Requiring a year of preparation, and an ample supply of rum, the music heard on this album is meant to send one into a transient state.
Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Music recording
Contributor
Carol Jenkins, Travis Jenkins
Date Published / Released
1982
Publisher
Folkways Records
Topic / Theme
Healing, Religious rites and ceremonies, Death
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