(Benin)
The "Alexandre Dumas" School of Foreign Languages
(Bulgaria)
Burkina Faso Cultural Heritage Branch
(Burkina Faso)
The Museum of Art and Archeology of the University of Antananarivo
(Madagascar)
National Museum of Mali
(Mali)
St. Boniface Museum
(Manitoba, Canada)
Andalusian Study and Research Centre
(Morocco)
Musée acadien de l'Université de Moncton
(New Brunswick, Canada)
World Music Research Laboratory
(Quebec, Canada)
Canadian Museum of Civilization
(Quebec, Canada)
Museum of the Romanian Peasant
(Romania)
The Arab and Mediterranean Music Centre
(Tunisia)
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THE TABLA "TIJANIA" ("Tijania" drum)
This is an instrument used by female groups of a mystic congregation whose patron
saint is "Sidi Ahmed Tijani". It is used in a very special way.
Four women sit on the ground around the tabla and play it together
using their cupped hands. Because of the exclusive use of the
drum by the "Tijani", the tabla has become a sort of symbol of
their order. It is used to accompany voices during the singing
of the "Tijania". |
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