Moutya is a musical practice born out of slavery in the Seychelles islands (Indian Ocean) from the end of the 18th century. It is made of singing, drumming and dancing. During our fieldwork, this practice, known as moutya otantik (authentic moutya) by the Seychellois, was hard to find, not to say absent. Interviews with cultural workers and musicians contributed to our understanding of the concept of moutya otantik born in parallel with the “creole Seychellois” cultural identity, as a political construction that served national purposes following the coup that led to the Seychelles Revolution in 1977. This dissertation first examines the representation of a moutya otantik as organized and presented by workers of the Ministry of Culture. It ...
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Zad Moultaka, compositeur franco-libanais, réinvestit le matériau musical de sa culture d’or...
Pratique musicale issue du contexte esclavagiste des îles Seychelles à partir de la fin du XVIIIe si...
This article examines the development and expression of the moutya from Seychelles, in relation to t...
The existence of diverse cultural or ethnic groups within a country and particularly an island, perp...
This article traces the emergence of the Dimans moutya festival in Seychelles, describes the local m...
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This work is an ethnomusicological study of St. Lucian musical events, and their cultural implicatio...
The Gnawa are a brotherhood community resulting from the sub-Saharan presence in Morocco. They are k...
Zad Moultaka, compositeur franco-libanais, réinvestit le matériau musical de sa culture d’or...
Pratique musicale issue du contexte esclavagiste des îles Seychelles à partir de la fin du XVIIIe si...
This article examines the development and expression of the moutya from Seychelles, in relation to t...
The existence of diverse cultural or ethnic groups within a country and particularly an island, perp...
This article traces the emergence of the Dimans moutya festival in Seychelles, describes the local m...
This dissertation comprises a musical history and ethnography of musical culture on the island of Ma...
The dissertation is about the musical practices of an Amazonian lowland group, defining itself as th...
Of Indian origin, the tambour malbar is a one skin and circular drum which is used, in Reunion Islan...
In this dissertation, we seek to demonstrate that the history of music in Algiers from the 1860s to ...
Music is one of the major components of cultural practices in Chad, especially for the inhabitants o...
Dans cette thèse, nous tâchons de démontrer que l’histoire de la musique à Alger entre les années 18...
This thesis examines the Mauritian music and dance form known as sega and its performance of embodie...
Madagascar, a huge island, is famous for its ethnical richness and diversity, especially well expres...
This work is an ethnomusicological study of St. Lucian musical events, and their cultural implicatio...
The Gnawa are a brotherhood community resulting from the sub-Saharan presence in Morocco. They are k...
Zad Moultaka, compositeur franco-libanais, réinvestit le matériau musical de sa culture d’or...