Manito Ahbee Festival
he Manito Ahbee Festival celebrates Indigenous arts, culture, and music in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The 15th annual festival will be...
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Contemporary Music
The music that has emerged from Aboriginal communities is as diverse as the people themselves and has a wide appeal to listeners of...
Australian Aboriginal Musical Instruments: The Didjeridu, The Bullroarer And The Gumleaf*
The Australian Aboriginal people developed three musical instruments - the didjeridu, the bullroarer, and the gum-leaf. Most well known...
the gum-leaf
The gum leaf is altogether more primitive as a musical instrument since it consists simply of a leaf, the shape of which is illustrated...
Aerophones
Aerophones require an airstream to produce sound; they may be whirled through the air (bull-roarer) or blown into by a player (flutes,...
Langspil instrument
Bowed box zither of Iceland, related to the Norwegian langeleik. It has one to six metal strings (usually one melody string and two...
POW WOW
One of the most important things in the life of a Native American is the Drum. Native Americans could not have pow wows. The Drum brings...
Throat singer Tanya Tagaq
Tanya Tagaq Gillis, CM, throat singer, experimental musician, painter, novelist (born 5 May 1975 in ). An experimental artist who has...
The extortionary Electric Powwow Group Called "A Tribe Called Red"
Canada's A Tribe Called Red are an acclaimed electronic DJ collective known for their genre-bending mix of hip-hop, reggae, dubstep and...
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