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Zarma culture: traditional dance

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Traditonal dance 1: Songhay Dance from Niger

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This Songhay-Zarma dance comes from Nigerien TV Téle Sahel and is published by Mvuabuluu in 2009. The title track is "Mariètou" and the singer is Dalweyzé.

Instruments are a tsiriki  a traditional flute, a gooje a traditional fiddle (in Songhay njarka), a dondoŋ a talking drum and a kotso (kurukutu) a traditional snare drum.

 

 
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