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Lorna McDaniel:
The Big Drum Ritual of Carriacou: Praisesongs in Rememory of Flight - new book

ISBN: 9780813016078

ID: 1043316990

The Big Drum is the lively ancient dance rite of the small island of Carriacou, Grenada. This book introduces 129 of the ceremonial song texts and dances that call and entertain the ancestors who are central to Carriacou religious experience. Performed since the early 1700s, the Big Drum dance reveals an African-Caribbean religion at its inception as practiced by enslaved people and in its current expression as a vital, living aspect of Carriacou society. No other Caribbean ritual like it still exists. Lorna McDaniel maintains that the nine coded rhythms of the boula drums hold the history of the nine African ´´nations´´ that inhabited early Carriacou, keeping alive their memories of Africa and of family lineage. In discussion of the spiritual bases of the Yoruba dances of Grenada, Trinidad, Cuba, and Jamaica, McDaniel illustrates the connection between the liturgical symbols of danced religions and the ancient myth of ´´The Flying Africans.´´ McDaniel, who lived in Carriacou at the time of the 1983 invasion of Grenada, frequently observed Big Drum dances and interviewed many ´´old heads´´ (wise people) for this book. She concludes it with an analysis of a single calypso that memorializes the invasion and illustrates the history-keeping function of the calypso and Big Drum. She uncovers a structural relationship between ancient praisesongs and modern political songs and suggests the continuing impact of music on the memory of Caribbean people. The Big Drum Ritual of Carriacou: Praisesongs in Rememory of Flight Buch (fremdspr.) gebundene Ausgabe 01.10.1998 Bücher>Fremdsprachige Bücher>Englische Bücher, University Press Of Florida, .199

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Lorna McDaniel:
The Big Drum Ritual of Carriacou: Praisesongs in Rememory of Flight - new book

ISBN: 9780813016078

ID: 1045088805

The Big Drum is the lively ancient dance rite of the small island of Carriacou, Grenada. This book introduces 129 of the ceremonial song texts and dances that call and entertain the ancestors who are central to Carriacou religious experience. Performed since the early 1700s, the Big Drum dance reveals an African-Caribbean religion at its inception as practiced by enslaved people and in its current expression as a vital, living aspect of Carriacou society. No other Caribbean ritual like it still exists. Lorna McDaniel maintains that the nine coded rhythms of the boula drums hold the history of the nine African ´´nations´´ that inhabited early Carriacou, keeping alive their memories of Africa and of family lineage. In discussion of the spiritual bases of the Yoruba dances of Grenada, Trinidad, Cuba, and Jamaica, McDaniel illustrates the connection between the liturgical symbols of danced religions and the ancient myth of ´´The Flying Africans.´´ McDaniel, who lived in Carriacou at the time of the 1983 invasion of Grenada, frequently observed Big Drum dances and interviewed many ´´old heads´´ (wise people) for this book. She concludes it with an analysis of a single calypso that memorializes the invasion and illustrates the history-keeping function of the calypso and Big Drum. She uncovers a structural relationship between ancient praisesongs and modern political songs and suggests the continuing impact of music on the memory of Caribbean people. The Big Drum Ritual of Carriacou: Praisesongs in Rememory of Flight Buch (fremdspr.) Bücher>Fremdsprachige Bücher>Englische Bücher, University Press Of Florida

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Lorna McDaniel:
The Big Drum Ritual of Carriacou: Praisesongs in Rememory of Flight - new book

ISBN: 9780813016078

ID: 865283100

The Big Drum is the lively ancient dance rite of the small island of Carriacou, Grenada. This book introduces 129 of the ceremonial song texts and dances that call and entertain the ancestors who are central to Carriacou religious experience. Performed since the early 1700s, the Big Drum dance reveals an African-Caribbean religion at its inception as practiced by enslaved people and in its current expression as a vital, living aspect of Carriacou society. No other Caribbean ritual like it still exists. Lorna McDaniel maintains that the nine coded rhythms of the boula drums hold the history of the nine African ´´nations´´ that inhabited early Carriacou, keeping alive their memories of Africa and of family lineage. In discussion of the spiritual bases of the Yoruba dances of Grenada, Trinidad, Cuba, and Jamaica, McDaniel illustrates the connection between the liturgical symbols of danced religions and the ancient myth of ´´The Flying Africans.´´ McDaniel, who lived in Carriacou at the time of the 1983 invasion of Grenada, frequently observed Big Drum dances and interviewed many ´´old heads´´ (wise people) for this book. She concludes it with an analysis of a single calypso that memorializes the invasion and illustrates the history-keeping function of the calypso and Big Drum. She uncovers a structural relationship between ancient praisesongs and modern political songs and suggests the continuing impact of music on the memory of Caribbean people. Praisesongs in Rememory of Flight Buch (fremdspr.) Bücher>Fremdsprachige Bücher>Englische Bücher, University Press Of Florida

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McDaniel, Lorna:
The Big Drum Ritual of Carriacou: Praisesongs in Rememory of Flight - used book

1983, ISBN: 9780813016078

ID: 3413425

The Big Drum is the lively ancient dance rite of the small island of Carriacou, Grenada. This book introduces 120 of the song texts and dances that call and entertain the ancestors who are central to Carriacou religious experience. Performed since the early 1700s, the Big Drum dance revels an African-Caribbean religion at its inception as practiced by enslaved people and in its current expression as a vital, living aspect of Carriacou society No other Caribbean ritual like it still exists. Lorna McDaniel maintains that the nine coded rhythms of the boula drums hold the history of the nine African "nations" that inhabited early Carriacou, keeping alive their memories of Africa and of family lineage. In discussion of the spiritual bases of the Yoruba dances of Grenada, Trinidad, Cuba, and Jamaica, McDaniel illustrates the connection between the liturgical symbols of danced religions and the ancient myth of "The Flying Africans". McDaniel concludes with an analysis of a single calypso that memorializes the 1983 invasion of Grenada and illustrates the history-keeping function of the calypso and Big Drum. She uncovers a structural relationship between ancient praisesongs and modern political songs and suggests the continuing impact of music on the memory of Caribbean people. The Big Drum Ritual of Carriacou: Praisesongs in Rememory of Flight McDaniel, Lorna, University Press of Florida

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Lorna McDaniel:
The Big Drum Ritual of Carriacou - hardcover

1998, ISBN: 9780813016078

ID: 303815

Praisesongs in Rememory of Flight, Hardcover, Buch, [PU: University Press of Florida]