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Chimurenga

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(Thomas Mapfumo) revolutionary struggle, songs of the struggle

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Bira

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spirit posession ceremoney

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Hosho

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Zimbabwean musical instruments, consisting of a pair of maranka gourds with seeds (rattle)

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Inside the House

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important, significant things in life

where spiritual action is

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Mbira

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African instrument consisting of a wooden board with attatched staggered metal tines, played by being held and plucked by the thumb

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Outside the house

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everyday life

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Rhodesia

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unrecognized state located in southern Africa-is now known as Zimbabwe
Ceicil Rhodes?

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Spirit medium

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person in bira, spirit goes through them

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Spirit Posession

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  • Phenomena, outside force taking over the body (Zimbabwe).
  • Possession by divine spirits, require person to enter an altered state of conscious where they are overtaken by a spirit. Done in public and practiced among Bono and West Africa.
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Thomas Mapfumo

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sent to prison for political activity had revelation started producing chimurenga. Electric guitar player

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Zimbabwe

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(formerly Rhodesia) located in southern Africa

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Captain Francis O’Neill

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  • Captain on the Chicago police force.
  • Flute player.
  • Compile Irish tunes known as “O’Neills Collection of Irish Music”
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Ceili

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  • Informal social gathering involving dancing, usually held at an Irish pub or dance hall.
  • dance party
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Civil Service Jobs

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for irish immigrants there were not a lot of jobs but one place they could get a solid job was working in the civil service (public sector, police, firemen) and for women it was domestic service (working in peoples houses)

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crossroads dances

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Dances held by the Irish (secretly) to share music and dance with eachother away from English authority

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Emigration

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  • to leave a place

- The movement of individuals out of a population and into another population

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Feis

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  • the competitive arena to compete with your fiddle/other instruments, A competitive Irish event. Practices Irish music
  • venue for competiton
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Fleadh Cheoil

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irish music championship

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The Great Famine

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Over-reliance on one strain of potato leads to widespread famine throughout Ireland when that crop fails; causes huge amounts of immigration to the United States and Britain

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Harp

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  • dominant music in Ireland
  • national symbol of ancient Ireland before English came
  • bards played
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Hedge Schools

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  • Schools where students were taught by priests when it was illegal to teach the Irish
  • underground schooling
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Hell or Connaught

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Cromwell’s response in parliament when forcing Irish out of Ireland, “Can go to hell or to Connaught”

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Immigration

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coming into a place

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Liz Carroll

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  • Irish/American fiddle/violin player

- won Fleadh Cheoil

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Michael Coleman
- Fiddle player from Slago. Made over 80 recordings. In the movie from Shore to Shore - 1920 wrote book
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Oriente
- Mountanious area in Cuba - Home of the Changui - Southeast Cuba - Small Farmers - Tres comes from here - guajira
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Oliver Cromwell
Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland (hated Irish/Catholics) known for "Hell or Connaught" -leader
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planxty
tune in honor of someone who has passed/ is respected
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riverdance
- professional stage show - large show in concert hall - presentation of music and dance
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Turlough O’Carolan
- last great harpist (1670-1738) - was a prolific composer - his tunes passed orally from generation to generation - Was blind
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session
traditional music jam session
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Arsenio Rodriguez
Blind Cuban band leader in the 1940s who revolutionized Cuban dance music by adding the timbales and piano
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Bata
Sacred drums used in rituals of the Santeria religion
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Bongos
brought to cuba small drums played with fingers connected to eachother
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Canto
a subdivision of an epic poem (2nd of 3 sections, singing) | -narrative
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celia cruz
- From Havana in 1950s/60s - Left Cuba during revolution/settled in NJ professional. - Female dominating over male music culture.
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Chano pozo
- cong drum player - played with Dizzy Gillespie - Created latin jazz in the 1950s
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Clave
key instrument comprised of 2 wooden sticks...found in Latin Jazz
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Congo
- Cuban drums - cow hide head - salsa - groups of 3
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culture
shared collection of habits thoughts and behavior
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diana
- opening section of roomba | - cuban music
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diffusion
cultural activity crosses boundries, trumpet moves to cuba
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Dizzy Gillespie
(1917-1993) · Famous jazz trumpet player · Responsible for developing Bebop in New York
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Vocables
nonsense musical syllables
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fania
musicians in New York; the record company based out of NY who renamed the musical style "Son" to "Salsa: for marketing purposes
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guajira
- music of Latino farmers - tres is the main instrument - their type of music is folk musics (from Southeastern Cuba)
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havana
- the capital city of Cuba, where rumba came from | - most industrialized afrocuban music
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latin jazz
combines cuban rhythms and jazz style improvisation influences include: rumba, mambo and cha-cha-cha added rhythmic vitality & great showmanship
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louis armstrong
- Jazz trumpet player who influenced Cuban music in the 1920s - soloist 1920s diffuse to world
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montuno
3rd section of rumba, (call and response)
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orisha
A category of deity in the animistic spiritual belief system of Santeria and in other African derived religious tradtion's
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rumba
musical genre involving dance, percussion, and song three main forms: yambu, guaguanco, and columbia played in both triple and duple pulse based on the clave (5 stroke pattern) no religious connections
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salsa
- Cuban American music record company in new york | - (Marketing term that was pushed by Fania records)
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Santeria
Practiced by syncretic practitioners (includes African and Catholic beliefs). Includes Puerto Ricans and Dominicans. -religion
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septeto
7 part ensemble, features trumpet
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sexteto
6 piece ensemble without the trumpet | tres, bongos, clave, singer, string bass, maracas
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shango
- Yoruba thunder god | - worship through dance and song
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Son
lineage Cuban dance music
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syncretic
the combination of multiple different styles or practices, and the bringing together of discrete traditions or schools of thought into an inclusive whole (i.e. borrowing from other cultures) - synchronize - combines 2 elements from 2 cultures in new environment to something new
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tito puenta
Most popular salsa band leader from NY
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tres
- type of guitar - 3 pairs of strings - has a resonating sound, allowing for clear rhythms
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tropicana
hotel, very luxurious
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yoruba
Nigeria: ethnic group who practice Orisha religion.
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yoruba drums
Group of 3 drums, talking drums. Sophisticated percussion and rhythm traditions. The bat and conga drums.

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