Éthiopie - Musiques Des Hauts-Plateaux

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Release Date: 1999

Label: Playa Sound

(P)1999 - Sunset - France / (C) et (P)1999 - Jean-Pierre Tzaud

Total time: 52'10''
Made in France
Playa Sound Collection

Comes in a standard jewel case with a booklet.

All tracks traditional and are in the Public Domain.

"The largest single ethnic group [in Ethiopia], the Amhara, living in the central part of the country on the high plateaux around the national capital Addis Ababa, is musically very active. Its musical culture is very rich and poetry is the major art form. The men excel in the original composition of subtle verse, double-layered in meaning, accompanying themselves on the 'krar' (bowl lyre), 'masenqo' (spike fiddle), 'washint' (flute) and 'kabaro' (drum)."

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