Bamboula
The Bamboula dance
A bamboula is a kind of drum made from a section of giant bamboo with skin stretched over the ends.[1] It is also a dance accompanied by the drums. Both were brought to the Americas (notably New Orleans, Mobile, Alabama, and the Virgin Islands) by African slaves.[2][3][4]
References
- ↑ Valdman, Albert (1998). Dictionary of Louisiana Creole. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-33451-0.
- ↑ Society of Arts and Crafts (1919). Theatre Arts. New York: Theatre Publications, Inc.
- ↑ Federal Writers' Project, Writers' Program (1947). Louisiana: A Guide to the State. New York: Hastings House. pp. 98, 279.
- ↑ Courlander, Harold. A Treasury of Afro-American Folklore: The Oral Literature, Traditions, Recollections, Legends, Tales, Songs, Religious Beliefs, Customs, Sayings and Humor of Peoples of African American Descent in the Americas. Marlowe Company. pp. 94–95. ISBN 978-1-56924-501-9.
External links
- Bamboula Dance Drums (includes audio sample), Smithsonian Global Sound.
- Bamboula Dance, Sonny Watson's StreetSwing
- Morris, Ayesha (February 25, 2006). "The Power of Dance: Bamboula has deep and strong ties to African heritage, island history and freedom fight". The Virgin Islands Daily News. Retrieved 2009-05-20.