Ideas in Showcasing Culture for Guniea Bisau

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Dance and Music …• The music of Guinea-Bissau is usually associated with the

polyrhythmic gumbe genre, the country's primary musicalexport.

1) The calabash is the primary musical instrument,and is used in extremely swift and rhythmicallycomplex dance music.2) Lyrics are almost always in Guinea-Bissau Creole,

a Portuguese-based creole language, and are oftenhumorous and topical, revolving around current

events.

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Music Genres …•

“ Gumbe” is a unique style that fuses about tenof the country's folk music traditions.• Tina and tinga are other popular genres, while

extent folk traditions include ceremonial music

used in funerals, initiations and other rituals, aswell as Balanta brosca and kussundé, Mandingadjambadon, and the kundere sound of BissagosIslands.

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Culture in Guniea Bisau: • Approximately 85% of Guineans are Muslim,

generally Sunni.• The remaining population is about 10%

Christians while 5% practices conventionalindigenous beliefs.

• Some government-recognized Christiandenominations include Roman Catholicism,Anglican Church, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Seventh-Day Adventism, and other evangelical groups.

Other religions in the country are Baha’i Faith,Buddhism, Hinduism, and some traditionalChinese religious sects.

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• The breakdown :Nationality: Bissau-Guinean(s).Population: 1.5 millionEthnic groups: Balanta 30%, Fula 20%,Manjaca 14%, Mandinga 13%, Papel 7%,others 16%.Religions: Indigenous beliefs 50%, Muslim45%, Christian 5%.

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Arts in Guniea Bissau…

• The popularity of the local music, gumbe, as it is called,which is based on a traditional rhythm. In villages acrossthe country, the women mostly dance it while the men tapthe beat on a half of a giant gourd that floats upside downin a basin of water.

• While each of Guinea-Bissau's ethnic groups has its ownrhythm, gumbe is the only one traditionally played by all.Like the Portuguese Creole language in which it is sung,the music is seen as a uniting force in a fractured country.

• As with the indigenous music of many African countries, pop versions emerged only in the 1980's, and in gumbe,

the transformation meant not only adding electric instruments and a modern pop structure but also a political edge.

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