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7.00" x 10.00"
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2.00"
Frame Width:
0.88"
Overall:
12.50" x 15.50"
Gumbe dance - Guinea-Bissau #1 Framed Print
by Gloria Ssali
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Gumbe dance - Guinea-Bissau #1 framed print by Gloria Ssali. Bring your print to life with hundreds of different frame and mat combinations. Our framed prints are assembled, packaged, and shipped by our expert framing staff and delivered "ready to hang" with pre-attached hanging wire, mounting hooks, and nails.
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Guinea-Bissau�s special music is gumbe. Always sung in Kriolu, its a creative amlagamation of local music traditions with contemporary sounds,... more
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Artist's Description
Guinea-Bissau�s special music is gumbe. Always sung in Kriolu, its a creative amlagamation of local music traditions with contemporary sounds, atrue expression of the local culture. It has a slight Latin feel to it and has been compared to samba, though it is much more polyryhthmic. The many musical styles that echo in gumbe all continue their independent existences .Broxa dancing of the Balante people is a treat and is followed frequently by gentle plucking of the kussunde (flute). Other regional traditions include wild acrobatics and haunting flute of the Fula, the Mandinka kora (which has its origins in the area) and the drumming and masked dances of the Bijagos
About Gloria Ssali
Welcome to my gallery! Born into a family fascinated by the sciences both natural and conventional I was led by a kind and inspirational mother and a wonderful father to lean toward the sciences in life. I have been on an artistic journey from my youth, when first shown the delights of art and clay at GCSE, then after a period of absence found an local adult workshop where I was reintroduced to working in ceramics and also where I made my first venture into making my currently available pottery items.I am a naive artist . I love to look at the world as it is not how it should be. I was encouraged to enjoy art and its very nature individualism and its challenges to see and then create what has not been done before. The newness of...
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Gloria Ssali
thank you Chris
Christiane Schulze
Wonderful creative work Gloria, so well executed (F/L)
Gloria Ssali
thank you Jack
Jack Zulli
Creative and nicely worked, well done;)
Gloria Ssali
thank you Chris
Christiane Schulze
Great movement and style .... another great drawing Gloria - thanks for your nice congrats - Chris.
Gloria Ssali
thank you Dean
Dean Harte
African Samba, how cool! Nice one Gloria, V/F!
Gloria Ssali
thank you everyone much appreictaed
ANA MARIA EDULESCU
Gorgeous work with a great energy in it..... love it. _____ Ana
Jolanta Anna Karolska
So expressive...full of movement...and I can almost here the drums and flute! well done Gloria...fabulous work!
Ayan Ghoshal
Good...