MADAGASCAR - AWAKENING THE SPIRITS

VARIOUS ARTISTS
MUSIC OF THE EARTH

Item Information Artists Name: VARIOUS ARTISTS Title: MADAGASCAR - AWAKENING THE SPIRITS Format: CD Label: MUSIC OF THE EARTH City Hall Catalog Number:  3011 UPC Product Code: 600929301129 List Price: 14.98 Musical Category:  INTERNATIONAL Release Date:  2/11/2000 Additional Musical Category Notes:   collection focuses on "tromba" & "bilo" trance rituals - relying heavily on music to create & sustain a state favorable for trance, rituals like these are an important means of contacting & appeasing the supernatural world; played on traditional instruments like the maravony (box zither), gorodo (accordion) & mandoliny (lute)