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Djembe and Candombe

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Both professional djembe drummers and Uruguayan candombe drummers (the populations recruited for MA-LM and UY-LM) were relatively small groups (fewer than 50 people), composed of highly skilled specialists and largely male. In each case, only 1 participant in each group was female. Because membership in these groups requires substantial experience, the participants were also older (Mali: mean age 40.5 years, standard deviation 11.9 years; Uruguay: mean age 45.5 years, standard deviation 12.8 years). At the opposite extreme, dancers from the village of Sagere in Mali (MA-DA) were predominantly female. Candombe is a drum-based Uruguayan musical style. Begun by the African-descended population of Montevideo, it is based on Bantu-African drums with influences from Europeans and the breathing of tango. In 2009, “Candombe and its socio-cultural space” was inscribed as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. https://scrapbox.io/files/65f95b893d46d200240ee4fc.png #sound

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