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Lokanga bara

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The lokanga bara (sometimes referred to by the generic term lokanga) is a three-stringed fiddle popular among the Southern Antandroy and Bara ethnic groups of Madagascar.

The related term lokanga bazaha ("foreign lokanga") is used to refer to the European violin.

References

  1. Ron Emoff (2002). Recollecting from the past: musical practice and spirit possession on the east coast of Madagascar. Wesleyan University Press. pp. 91–. ISBN 978-0-8195-6500-6. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  2. Frank Tenaille (1 August 2002). Music is the weapon of the future: fifty years of African popular music. Chicago Review Press. pp. 47–. ISBN 978-1-55652-450-9. Retrieved 30 April 2011.


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