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    goan music

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    left behind. The common civil code‚ confers equal status to all religions‚ it favours no particular religion. The law also accords equal legal status to both sexes‚ in all matters. Goa’s rich cultural heritage comprises of dances‚ folk songs‚ visual arts‚ music and folk tales rich in content and variety. Goan are born music lovers‚ most Goans can pluck at a guitar or pick out a tune on the piano. Goans are very proud of their state‚ and are well prepared to fight for its protection. Environmental

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    world that’s coming along. Seems sick and it’s hungry‚ it’s tired and it’s torn‚ it looks like it’s dying and it’s hardly been born."<br><br>After he graduated high school in the early 1959 Dylan found himself playing folk music. This is also the time he began to write his legendary folk songs. In the 1960s Bob Dylan had turned the themes of his music to protest what many people consider the wrongs of society. In his songs he writes about the "luckless‚ the abandoned and’ forsaken‚" as he put it in

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    As it is known that African Americans used literature‚ art‚ dressing‚ styles‚ behavior to express themselves‚ but the funk music remained a major form of escapism from everyday life for African Americans during that era. The funk music was seen as counterculture as soul and disco were more mainstream and played on popular radio. Funk music was banned to “black radio and local neighborhoods” being that this music did not only challenge the dominant ideology but also gave confidence and power to African

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    drowned herself in the river because of an unfaithful lover. Heine’s poem‚ based on this legend‚ first appeared in his most famous volume‚ the ‘Book of Songs’. Like much of his early verse‚ it was influenced by the Romantic writers’ fascination with folk songs. The poem deals with the theme of unrequited love. While reading it we are lulled into a false sense of security. The outstanding feature of this poem is the turn‚ i.e. ironic twist‚ which concludes it. ‘The Lorelei’ has been set to music by

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    traditions in music - Vietnamese lullaby songs: are sorts of folk music often heard in Vietnam‚ epescially in the country side. They use not only to lull small children to sleep also to express human feelings e.g. homesickness - Quan Ho Bac Ninh: are a folk song that is a rich and beautiful storehouse of the people and has a long lasting history. During all its existence successful creations have unceasingly changed the type of folk song and therefore this remains untouched and traditional.

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    lover of a deceased woman mourns for 1 year and a day at his love’s grave. After this time period‚ the man is given the opportunity to talk to the dead woman‚ and he is taught an important lesson. 2.Terminology oFolk Ballad is a song belonging to the folk music of a people or area‚ often existing in several versions or with regional variations because it is passed down by word of mouth‚ not written. oRhythm is the pattern of beats‚ or stresses‚ in spoken or written language. oLyric poetry is poetry

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    Tausug Folk Literature

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    “sulug” or “sug” which means “ocean current” and the name Jolo is the Spanish word for corruption. Tausug literature is very rich. It includes prose‚ poems‚ narrative and nonnarative forms. The content of their literatures are classified into two: folk literatures that are closely related to the life of indigenous people and second is Islamic which is based in Quran or from Hadith (sayings) and Sunna (traditions and practices) of the prophet Muhammad. Tausug ver owns “ tigum-tigum” are either

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    Provencal influence in the folk music played at festivals in the northern part of the country‚ as well as the rock and jazz most prevalent in the larger cities. An additional element is added by a wealth of singer-songwriters‚ most of whom spawned from the extremely political ’New Song’ movement. This movement began rolling during the 1970’s when the country threw off a thirty year dictatorship under Salazar‚ and was forced to withdraw from its colonies. In Portuguese folk music‚ there are a wide

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    The writer of the letter is Bob Dylan. He is a folk rock singer-songwriter whose career began in the early 1960s with songs that spoke social issues like war and civil rights. He was born in 1941 in Minnesota‚ where he grew up‚ and attended the University of Minnesota. In 1960‚ he dropped out in order to pursue a singing career‚ and moved to New York. People loved him thanks to his poetic lyrics about everyday life that the ordinary “folks” could relate to. He was known for reinventing himself

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    Concert Report #2 My second concert I attended was located at the Fowler Center Thursday‚ November 4‚ 2010. The Arkansas State University Wind Ensemble played several works‚ which gave to the title “Folksongs and War Songs”. Timothy Oliver was the main conductor and there was a guest conductor also‚ Dan Patterson. A classmate and I arrived to the Fowler Center on time and got settled‚ but neither one of knew what to expect really since we didn’t have a very sturdy musical background. Everyone

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