Lokanga_bara

Lokanga bara

Lokanga bara

Add article description

The lokanga bara (sometimes referred to by the generic term lokanga) is a three-stringed fiddle popular among the Southern Antandroy and Bara ethnic groups of Madagascar.[1]

The related term lokanga bazaha ("foreign lokanga") is used to refer to the European violin.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Ron Emoff (2002). Recollecting from the past: musical practice and spirit possession on the east coast of Madagascar. Wesleyan University Press. pp. 91–. ISBN 978-0-8195-6500-6. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  2. [2]
    Frank Tenaille (1 August 2002). Music is the weapon of the future: fifty years of African popular music. Chicago Review Press. pp. 47–. ISBN 978-1-55652-450-9. Retrieved 30 April 2011.


Madagascar

This Madagascar-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Stub icon

This article relating to instruments of the violin family is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Lokanga_bara, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.