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Fado

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Portuguese; means fate; gives voice to nostalgia for the country left behind.

Ex: Fado lisboeta

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Saudade

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Feeling of longing or yearning

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Mexican American corrido

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Ex: Gregorio Cortez (hero corrido)

Ballad that conveys memories of places, people, and events.

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Gregorio Cortez

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He shot and killed the sheriff and basically rebelled against law enforcement

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Khoomi

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Tuvan threat singing

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Kagyraa

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Lower throat singing

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Sygyt

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Higher throat singing

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Katajjaq

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Inuit vocal game; strong pulse

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Agbadza

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Ewe song and dance; Accra Ghana

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Atumpan

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Drum used in agbadza in Accra Ghana

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Apartheid

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Literally separation; the official laws of racial segregation enforced in South Africa until 1990

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Bar mitzvah

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Held when a boy turns 13 and officially becomes an adult - related to the Pizmon

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Bateria

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Instrument ensemble used to accompany capoeira

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Berimbau

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Musical bow used to accompany capoeira

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Capoeira

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Afro Brazilian dance that combines elements of martial arts

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Contrafactum

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A song in which new text is set to a borrowed or preexsisting melody

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Cultural revolution (china)

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Decade of social and political upheaval initiated by Mao Zedong

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Diaspora

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People living outside their historic homeland who maintain memories of and attachments to their place of origin

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Ge’ez

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Ethiopian Christian liturgical language or a mode in Ethiopian Christian ritual music

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Indian days

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Annual Native American intertribal gatherings that feature social and competitive events during the days and powwow ceremonies in the evenings

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Layali

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In Arab vocal music an improvisation to introduce a song and establishes the maqam in the rest of the piece

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Melekket

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The notational signs in Ethiopian Christian chant derived from ge’ez language characters, each representing a short melody, can refer to one sign or to the entire language

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Muyu

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Genre of traditional Chinese vocal music whose text deals with the concerns of everyday life

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Ululation

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A vocal sound of joy or celebration commonly produced by women in Africa and the Middle East

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Vihuela

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Small strummed folk guitar, used in the mariachi ensemble

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Ru

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Vietnamese lullaby

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Bandoneon

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Type of accordion used in tango

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Pipa

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Chinese plucked lute

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Erhu

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Chinese bowed lute

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Tabla

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2 piece North Indian membranophone

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Long song

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Mongolian song and its vocal style with a dramatically wide range

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