Banda Linda
Lindá | |
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| Regions with significant populations | |
 Central African Republic | |
| Languages | |
| Lindá (Central Banda language) | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Banda people |
The Banda Linda are a small tribe living in Central African Republic. They are part of the Banda people, distinguished by their language called Lindá, a Central Banda language.
They are known for their typical music style, involving long wooden pipes producing a single note.[1] The Italian composer Luciano Berio (1925–2003) defined the community as "highly musical."[2] The French-Israeli ethnomusicologist Simha Arom has described and collected their music.
Instrument
[edit]The pipes can be known as the Banda Linda Horns, created with tree roots hollowed out by termites. They combine to make a polyrhythm.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Arom, Simha (2007). "Language and music in fusion: the drum language of the banda linda". Revista Transcultural de Música. 11.
- ^ Berio, Luciano (2006). Remembering the future (The Charles Eliot Norton lectures). Harvard University Press. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-674-02154-9.
- ^ "Horn Ensemble: Ganza knogo ngo (Banda-Linda) | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings". folkways.si.edu. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
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