Tambú, Curaçao's African-Caribbean ritual and the politics of memory, Nanette de Jong
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Tambú, Curaçao's African-Caribbean ritual and the politics of memory, Nanette de Jong
Language
eng
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no index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Tambú
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electronic resource
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dictionaries
Responsibility statement
Nanette de Jong
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Ethnomusicology multimedia
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Curaçao's African-Caribbean ritual and the politics of memory
Summary
As contemporary Tambú music and dance evolved on the Caribbean island of Curaçao, it intertwined sacred and secular, private and public cultural practices, and many traditions from Africa and the New World. As she explores the formal contours of Tambú, Nanette de Jong discovers its variegated history and uncovers its multiple and even contradictory origins. De Jong recounts the personal stories and experiences of Afro-Curaçaoans as they perform Tambu-some who complain of its violence and low-class attraction and others who champion Tambú as a powerful tool of collective memory as well as a way to imagine the future
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adult
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