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The drum and the hoe : life and lore of the haitian people / by Harold Courlander.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Cal ; 731Publication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, 1985, c1960.Edition: "1st paperback printing 1985."Description: xv, 371 p., [48] p. of plates : ill., music ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0520054490
  • 9780520054493
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 972.94
Contents:
The making of the haitian-- Man and the universe: Vodoun-- The Loa: Gods of the Haitian Mountains-- Death Rites-- Services for the Loa and the family ancestors-- Soung of the peristyle-- In the Mapou Tree: Magic, Demons and Compacts-- Mardi Gras and Rara: Jugglers, Maypoles and Kings-- Land and work-- The arts- flour, wood and iron-- Dancing and dance drama-- Songs of complaint, recrimination and gossip-- Comments on the mighty: political songs-- Songs of bravado and boasting-- Secre-society songs-- Folk tales: Bouki, malice and Jean Saute-- Childrrn's world: Gage songs and games-- Musical instruments-- The music: musical notations by Mieczyslaw Kolinski of 186 songs and drum rhythms.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) GR 121 C861d 1985 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000080377

"The music: musical notations by Mieczyslaw Kolinski of 186 songs and drum rhythms": p. [203]-313.

Includes bibliographycal references and discography: (p. [363]-366) and index

The making of the haitian-- Man and the universe: Vodoun-- The Loa: Gods of the Haitian Mountains-- Death Rites-- Services for the Loa and the family ancestors-- Soung of the peristyle-- In the Mapou Tree: Magic, Demons and Compacts-- Mardi Gras and Rara: Jugglers, Maypoles and Kings-- Land and work-- The arts- flour, wood and iron-- Dancing and dance drama-- Songs of complaint, recrimination and gossip-- Comments on the mighty: political songs-- Songs of bravado and boasting-- Secre-society songs-- Folk tales: Bouki, malice and Jean Saute-- Childrrn's world: Gage songs and games-- Musical instruments-- The music: musical notations by Mieczyslaw Kolinski of 186 songs and drum rhythms.

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