Marrabenta dance - Mozambique
by Gloria Ssali
Title
Marrabenta dance - Mozambique
Artist
Gloria Ssali
Medium
Drawing - Drawing
Description
Mozambican and Portuguese folk music and the Western popular music. The earliest marrabenta artists include Fany Pfumo and Dilon Djindji, who started his career in 1939. Marrabenta became popular in 1980s with bands like Eyuphuro and Orchestra Marrabenta Star de Marrabenta is a form of Mozambican dance music. It was developed in Maputo, the capital city of Mozambique, formerly Lourenço Marques. The name was derived from the Portuguese rebentar (arrabentar in the local vernacular), meaning to break. Marrabenta is influenced by Moçambique. The Mozambican band Mabulu mixes rap and marrabenta together. word marrabenta derives from the Portuguese rebentar (arrabentar in the local vernacular), meaning to break, a reference to cheap guitar strings that snapped quickly. Instruments were fashioned out of tin cans and pieces of wood. Lyrics were usually in local languages, and included songs of social criticism as well as love.
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September 17th, 2011
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