smiled with a shake of her head.”--- Okara recites his view of the spirit of Africa as a form of the Nature Goddess in the poem The Mystic Drum. Okara worships her to revive the spirit of Africa‚ and the way he seemed to be doing it is by being more and more close to the nature. This closeness can be found in most of the poems of this African poet Gabriel Okara. The Mystic Drum‚ The Call of The River Nun‚ The Snow Flakes Sail Gently Down‚ Moon in The Bucket‚ You Laughed and Laughed and Laughed are only
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insignificant to their surroundings as the establishing shot is a wide angle of three of the men quite a distance away from each other. Walt Purdy‚ a man dressed in a extravagant yellow coat is mounted on his horse on the right‚ whilst Darwin and the mystic are at the back of the shot on the left. These positions of the characters symbolise their current situation‚ lost and alone in the vast wilderness by creating a sense of unimportance in comparison with the expanse of the desert. A close up of Walt
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starts off by discussing the planet Mars which is described as “The Bringer of War” (Dutoit). When the orchestra is added‚ the movement starts rather sparse with a low pitch. The most meaningful instruments at this point are the violins and the wooden drums. It sounds similar to an army marching and you can tell by the name of the movement that it is about to be a war. The harp and the gong gong is added along with the trumpets‚ horns and the bass oboe‚ which gives the movement a darker feeling. When
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movement ends with the soprano soloist fading away quietly‚ continuing in her plea for peace over muffled percussion warning of pending doom as the percussion connects us to the 2nd movement. MOVEMENT II Taken from Whitman’s poem Beat Beat Drums…(get more info) which describes the brutality and ruthlessness of war on society. The composer captures the clashes of war through the extensive use of brass‚ percussion‚ and a harmonic language that utilizes parallel force to underpin the tragedy
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that are used in verbal communication. Moreover‚ it does so in an explicit and structured way‚ which makes it an interesting and useful window into human communication‚ in general. The repetition of a line as in a lullaby‚ the regular beating of a drum - they produce a feeling of physical ease and lull the child to sleep. The rhythmic sound of the train‚ of waves breaking on the shore‚ the song of a cricket at night - why‚ even the electric fan is able to produce a soothing physical quiet. But good
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as its ‘wild beat’ drives forward the pace and vehemency of tone‚ becoming ‘stung with the maddening trance/of Dionysus!’ There is a trance-like quality to this music as its repetitions climaxes in the exclamations ‘Sing to the rattle of thunderous drums/Sing for joy‚/Praise Dionysus‚ god of joy!’ and becomes an expression of reverent
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Nesta Robert “Bob” Marley is known as being the father of reggae music. Bob Marley was the lead singer of the band The Wailers. He spread Jamaican music along with the Rastafari Movement worldwide. Marley brought the mystic power of reggae to the world and is called the Third World’s first pop superstar. He died at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Miami‚ FL of melanoma. Even after his death‚ Marley remains a global symbol of freedom‚ peace‚ and justice‚ and his songs remain popular worldwide. Bob Marley
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Vodou Sanctuary was located. The Sanctuary was beautifully and colorfully decorated with flowers‚ burning candles and incenses‚ Haitian artifacts‚ statues of Catholic saints‚ Vodou artwork on the walls‚ red thick pole in the center of the floor and drums on the side of the Alter. Ife and I were introduced to the approximately fifty people that were present and welcomed to the Le Peristyle Haitian Vodou
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Japan‚ located in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of the Asian Continent‚ is a nation composed of almost 7‚000 islands‚ many are small. The four main islands are Hokkaido‚ Honshu‚ Shikoku‚ and Kyushu. Japan has the seventh largest population in the world. With approximately 125 million inhabitants‚ the only countries with a higher population are China‚ India‚ the United States‚ Indonesia‚ and Brazil. The population which is about half of the United States‚ lives on only 1/25 as much total land mass
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“Have You Ever Seen the Rain?” and the uses a slide guitar In “Looking Out My Back Door”. Where as Neil Young only performs “Old Man” live with a single acoustic guitar. Other instruments applicable to this genre are mandolins‚ honky-tonk pianos‚ drums‚ electric and string bases‚ five string banjos and fiddles. Some of the common effects used on vocalists are using delay to reverb their voice. For example the lead singer of the Grateful Dead uses reverberation. Another vocal effect used is doubling
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