Another big blog
In this blog I kind of was at a standstill. Then, after reading the description of what the blog should consist of, Madagascar stole my attention and i ran with it. Mainly because I am a huge Madagascar, the movie, fan and they do a lot of singing throughout the movies and i was curious to know if the music coincided with the musical culture that was in the Madagascar area. Sooooo... here we go. The first Traditional music throughout Madagascar has been shaped by a variety of inspirations, including those from Austronesian peoples on just one extreme, and African, Arab, and European migrant communities on the other. From this diversity, it is hard to ascertain the original beginning of traditional songs in Madagascar in relation to time or geography. Folk music was very certainly revealed for the first time in Madagascar a couple of centuries ago. The instruments involved in this folk style music are the 'Valiha' (zither pipe) and 'marovany' (a box zither). Which are b...
