"the most part is found further south than the ornate wobbegong. Reproduction is ovoviviparous. Ornate wobbegong The ornate wobbegong (""Orectolobus ornatus"") is a species of carpet shark in the family Orectolobidae, found in shallow coral reefs throughout the western Pacific Ocean around eastern Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Australia, between latitudes 1° N and 34° S (near Sydney). As yet, only Australian populations are known to certainly belong to this species, and it is possible populations in other countries represent a separate, undescribed species. The maximum reported length of the ornate wobbegong is . Reports of a larger maximum size"
"Kuaiban Kuaiban is a form of oral storytelling performance that is popular in northern China. It is a type of ""shuochang"", somewhat similar to rapping. Kuaiban (快板) literally means ""fast boards"". It is also known as ""kuai shu"", literally meaning ""fast books"". In Beijing, the art form is known as ""kuaibanr"". The name refers to bamboo clappers, a set of small bamboo boards or bones, which the performer rattles to produce an accompanying beat (similar to rapping). The free rhyming style is called ""flower point"". The line should have seven words. This rule, however, is not strictly followed if the"
"Kubing The kubing is a type of Philippine jaw harp from bamboo found among the Maguindanaon and other Muslim and non-Muslim tribes in the Philippines and Indonesia. It is also called kobing (Maranao), kolibau (Tingguian), aru-ding (Tagbanwa), aroding (Palawan), kulaing (Yakan), karombi (Toraja), yori (Kailinese) or ""Kulibaw"". Ones made of sugar palm-leaf are called karinta (Munanese), ore-ore mbondu or ore Ngkale (Butonese). The kubing is traditionally considered an intimate instrument, usually used as communication between family or a loved one in close quarters. Both genders can use the instrument, the females more infrequently than males who use it for short"
"roots from Wusuta and in the 'Highlife' popular music across West African countries. Bobobo gained national recognition in the 1950s and 1960s because of its use at political rallies and the novelty of its dance formations and movements. It is generally performed at funerals and other social occasions. This is a social dance with a great deal of room for free expression. In general, the men sing and dance in the center while the women dance in a ring around them. There are 'slow' and 'fast' versions of Bobobo. The slow one is called Akpese and the fast one is"
"cabbage. Beverages include ting (fermented sorghum or maize), milk, chibuku (milky beer). Influences from the Indian and Malay community can be seen its use of curries, sambals, pickled fish, fish stews, chutney, and samosa. European influences can be seen in cuisines like biltong (dried beef strips), potjies (stews of maize, onions, tomatoes), French wines, and crueler or koeksister (sugar syrup cookie). Like most of the world, Sub-Saharan Africans have adopted Western-style clothing. In some country like Zambia, used Western clothing has flooded markets, causing great angst in the retail community. Sub-Saharan Africa boasts its own traditional clothing style. Cotton seems"
"Agidigbo The agidigbo is a large traditional plucked lamellophone used by the Yoruba people of Nigeria. Its appearance is piano-like; a rope is worn round the neck of the player who then supports or braces the instrument, whose body is a rectangular wooden box, by his chest or thoracic region. The player wears a thick ""ring,"" usually a bottle neck, on his thumb, which he uses to tap the sides of the wooden box. He then uses his ten fingers to pluck the instrument's metal tongues, producing very sonorous tones, as he accompanies a sekere, or waka or an apala"
"Wobgho Wobogo (died 1904) was the Mogho Naba (ruler) of Ouagadougou from 1890 to 1897, at the time of the French colonial conquest of Upper Volta. Wobogu was originally called Boukary Koutou, but dropped those names on his accession and assumed the name ""Wobogu"", meaning elephant. Ouagadougou was the main Mossi Kingdom in what is now Burkina Faso, with its origins in the 15th century. The Mossi were a warlike nation with formidable cavalry, who had successfully resisted all past invaders. With the decline of the central state in the 18th century, Yatenga, with its capital at Ouahigouya, had become"
"in a cross-cultural duo with Chinese ""pipa"" performer Wu Man. His ""Abadongo"", for ""endongo"", ""mbuutu"", and string quartet was performed at the University of California by the composer and the Kronos Quartet. He has recorded three solo CDs and appears as a guest artist on a fourth (""Wu Man and Friends"", 2005). His music has also been featured in several films, including ""Mississippi Masala"" (1991). James Makubuya James K. Makubuya (born in Gayaza, Wakiso District, Uganda) is a Ugandan-born ethnomusicologist, instrumentalist, singer, dancer, and choreographer. He plays several traditional instruments from various parts of Uganda, including the ""endongo"" (8-string bowl"
"to dalang in wayang performance, one called ""wakil"" or vice-dalang, the other two were the performers that interact and do the order of the dalang. Each performers carrying and using musical instruments such as ""dogdog"", ""beungbreung"","" gudubrag"" (types of traditional drums), and ""kecrek"" (similar to maraca) or tambourine, other instruments such as ""kendang"", ""gong"", ""kacapi"" might also used. The performance usually took one hour to one and half hour of music, dance and jokes, filled with social messages or religious wisdom. The origins and cultural ownership of the Reog Ponorogo dance have been the subject of a dispute between the"
"Isibongo An isibongo is a clan name or praise name in Zulu culture. The term is derived from the verb ""-bonga"" meaning ""to praise"", ""to thank"", ""to worship"" or ""to call by a clan name"". The plural form ""izibongo"" (clannames) refers to praise poetry, a traditional Zulu art form in which the fame of a person is extolled. Izibongo are classically performed in public in a dramatic style, and usually reference the ancestry of the person being praised. Since the advent of democracy in South Africa, politicians (presidents in particular) are often accompanied to public events by their izimbongi (singular"
"Ronggeng Ronggeng is a type of Javanese dance in which couples exchange poetic verses as they dance to the music of a rebab or violin and a gong. Ronggeng might have originated from Java in Indonesia, but also can be found in Sumatra and the Malay peninsula. Ronggeng probably has existed in Java since ancient time, the bas reliefs in Karmawibhanga section on 8th century Borobudur displays the scene of travelling entertainment troupe with musicians and female dancers. In Java, a traditional ronggeng performance features a traveling dance troupe that travels from village to village. The dance troop consists of"
"Agbekor Agbekor or ""Atsyiagbekɔ"" is a style of dance by the poot African peoples of Ewe and Fon. It is an ancient dance once known as Atamga, Ga meaning 'great', Atam meaning 'oath'. It is now performed by the people of Dzogadze, a farming community near Akatsi in the Southern part of the Volta Region of Ghana. It is 99 by multiple percussion instruments that engage in highly polyrhythmic interactions. Today, it is used for cultural presentations, but in the past, it was an actual war dance, and the oath in question was an oath taken by the ancestors before"
"distance courtship. Kubing The kubing is a type of Philippine jaw harp from bamboo found among the Maguindanaon and other Muslim and non-Muslim tribes in the Philippines and Indonesia. It is also called kobing (Maranao), kolibau (Tingguian), aru-ding (Tagbanwa), aroding (Palawan), kulaing (Yakan), karombi (Toraja), yori (Kailinese) or ""Kulibaw"". Ones made of sugar palm-leaf are called karinta (Munanese), ore-ore mbondu or ore Ngkale (Butonese). The kubing is traditionally considered an intimate instrument, usually used as communication between family or a loved one in close quarters. Both genders can use the instrument, the females more infrequently than males who use it"
"""moombah"" and ""reggaeton"", moombahton was created by DJ Dave Nada when he slowed down the tempo of the Afrojack remix of the Silvio Ecomo & Chuckie song ""Moombah"" to please party-goers with tastes in reggaeton. Other producers of the genre include Dillon Francis, Diplo and Munchi. ""Moombahcore"" is a style of moombahton with elements of breakcore, dubstep, gabber and techstep. Characteristics of the genre include chopped vocals, dubstep-influenced bass sounds and extensive build-ups. Artists who have produced moombahcore include Delta Heavy, Dillon Francis, Feed Me, Knife Party and Noisia. Electro house Electro house is a form of house music characterized"
"band. The instrument is most popular in the Ibadan and Ijebu areas of Yorubaland. Babatunde Olatunji famously plays an ""agidigbo"" on ""Oyin Momo Ado"" (Sweet as Honey), which is track 7 on his 1959 ""Drums of Passion"" album. Agidigbo The agidigbo is a large traditional plucked lamellophone used by the Yoruba people of Nigeria. Its appearance is piano-like; a rope is worn round the neck of the player who then supports or braces the instrument, whose body is a rectangular wooden box, by his chest or thoracic region. The player wears a thick ""ring,"" usually a bottle neck, on his"
"and moist shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss due to the spread of invasive weeds, brush fires, overgrazing and human construction activity. Bidens wiebkei Bidens wiebkei, the Molokaʻi koʻokoʻolau or Wiebke's beggarticks, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It belongs to the genus ""Bidens"", collectively called ""kokoʻolau"" or ""koʻokoʻolau"" in the Hawaiian language. It is found only on Molokaʻi in the Hawaiian Islands. There are three occurrences of the plant remaining, for a total population of fewer than 1000. This is a perennial herb growing erect to a maximum height near one meter. It has"
"the ""Waabizheshi-doodem"" (""Marten clan""). Among some Ojibwe people, (though not all) the ""Waabizheshi"" clan is also used to denote a form of adoption, i.e., a non-native father and Ojibwe mother. In other instances, for example, ""odoodem"" communities such as the ""Amikwaa"" were treated as fully interdependent Nations of the Anishinaabeg Confederacy, or given a designation to represent their primary function in the social order, such as with the ""Manoominikeshiinyag"" (""Ricing-rails"") or the ""Waawaashkeshi-ininiwag"" (""Deer[-clan] Men""). Some ""doodem"" indicate non-Ojibwe origins. Other than ""Waabizheshi"", these include the ""Ma'iingan-doodem"" (Wolf Clan) for Dakota and ""Migizi-doodem"" (Eagle Clan) for Americans. There are other"
"Degung, gamelan salendro and tembang sunda are three primary types. The Osing Javanese minority in eastern Java are known for social music for weddings and other celebrations called gandrung, as well as angklung, played by young amateur boys, which is very similar to Balinese gamelan. Kecapi suling is a type of instrumental music that is highly improvisational and popular in parts of West Java that employs two instruments, kecapi (zither) and suling (bamboo flute). It is related to tembang sunda. Angklung is a bamboo musical instrument native to Sundanese people of West Java. It is made out of bamboo tubes"
"Gambang kromong Gambang kromong is a traditional orchestra of Betawi people which is a blend of gamelan, Western music and Chinese-style pentatonic base tones. Gambang kromong is closely associated with the Chinese Betawi community, especially the Chinese Peranakan. It was popular in the 1930s. Gambang kromong orchestral instruments consists of: gambang kayu (a xylophone-like instrument), kromong (a set of 5 toned bonang), two Chinese rebab-like instruments called ""ohyan"" and ""gihyan"" with its resonator made out of a small coconut shell, a diatonic pitched flute that is blown crosswise, kenong and gendang drums. Western instruments such as trumpets, guitars, violins, and"
"Waubojeeg Waubojeeg, also written Waabojiig or other variants in Ojibwe, (White Fisher) ""White Feather"" ""King Fisher"" (c. 1747-1793) was a warrior and chief of the Ojibwe people. He was born into the ""Adik"" (caribou) ""doodem"" (clan), some time in the mid-18th century near ""Zhaagawaamikong"" on the western end of Lake Superior. His father ""Mamongazeda"" ""King of the Loons"" was also a noted warrior, who fought for the French in the Battle of the Plains of Abraham. Although Waabojiig's family had intermarried with the Dakota people during times of peace, and he had several Dakota relatives, including the famous chief Wapasha"
"dances such as the Cokek dance, a newly created performance dance as well as in Lenong theatre. Gambang kromong Gambang kromong is a traditional orchestra of Betawi people which is a blend of gamelan, Western music and Chinese-style pentatonic base tones. Gambang kromong is closely associated with the Chinese Betawi community, especially the Chinese Peranakan. It was popular in the 1930s. Gambang kromong orchestral instruments consists of: gambang kayu (a xylophone-like instrument), kromong (a set of 5 toned bonang), two Chinese rebab-like instruments called ""ohyan"" and ""gihyan"" with its resonator made out of a small coconut shell, a diatonic pitched"
"headstock carving of a horse used as decoration on the pillar. There are Koreans scattered across northeast China. Chinese Korean music and North/South Korea music are basically the same. The main instruments are the long drum and the Gayageum. The Gayageum is similar to the ancient Chinese zither, which was smaller than the modern zither. The playing methods are different also. ""Kuaiban"" (快板) is a type of rhythmic talking and singing which is often performed with percussive instruments such as a clapper called ""paiban"". The center of the ""kuaiban"" tradition is Shandong province. ""Kuaiban"" bears some resemblance to rap and"
"termed to be Bobobo. ""Agahu"" is both the name of a dance and of one of the many secular music associations (clubs) of the Ewe people of Togo, Dahomey, and in the south-eastern part of the Volta Region. Each club (Gadzok, Takada, and Atsiagbeko are other such clubs) has its own distinctive drumming and dancing, as well as its own repertoire of songs. A popular social dance of West Africa, Agahu was created by the Egun speaking people from the town of Ketonu in what is now Benin. From there it spread to the Badagry area of Nigeria where migrant"
"in the period before World War II, and receded by the late l960s as audiences waned. In Sundanese tradition, the most prevalent wayang tradition is ""wayang golek"" wooden rod puppet performance. Nevertheless, the wayang-themed dance drama performance is also exist, usually performed in Sundanese ""sandiwara"" traditional drama form. ""Wayang gedog"" (lit. ""masked wayang""), another form of ""wayang wong"" performance, is usually considered to be a cross between ""wayang wong"" and the ""Topeng"" dance. These performances take themes from the Panji cycles stories about the kingdom of Janggala. Players wear masks known as ""wayang topeng"" or ""wayang gedog"". The word """"gedog"""""
"Boomba music Boomba music, also referred to as kapuka (due to the beat pattern; not to be confused with kapuka rap), is a form of hip pop music popular in Kenya. It incorporates hip hop, reggae and African traditional musical styles. The lyrics are in Swahili, Sheng or local dialects. It is associated with the Ogopa Deejays and is believed to have originated in the late 1990s with artists such as Redsan, Bebe Cool and Chameleone. It went on to dominate East African airwaves (especially Kenya and Uganda) after the release of the Ogopa Deejays' first album in 2001, which"
"Bidens wiebkei Bidens wiebkei, the Molokaʻi koʻokoʻolau or Wiebke's beggarticks, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It belongs to the genus ""Bidens"", collectively called ""kokoʻolau"" or ""koʻokoʻolau"" in the Hawaiian language. It is found only on Molokaʻi in the Hawaiian Islands. There are three occurrences of the plant remaining, for a total population of fewer than 1000. This is a perennial herb growing erect to a maximum height near one meter. It has compound leaves divided into leaflets and bears clusters of flower heads with yellow ray florets. Its natural habitat types include lowland moist forests"
"Bonang The bonang is a musical instrument used in the Javanese gamelan. It is a collection of small gongs (sometimes called ""kettles"" or ""pots"") placed horizontally onto strings in a wooden frame (""rancak""), either one or two rows wide. All of the kettles have a central boss, but around it the lower-pitched ones have a flattened head, while the higher ones have an arched one. Each is tuned to a specific pitch in the appropriate scale; thus there are different bonang for pelog and slendro. They are typically hit with padded sticks (""tabuh""). This is similar to the other cradled"
"Ikembe Ikembe, is a type of musical instrument of the lamellaphone group, common amongst the Bahutu of Rwanda, Burundi and the Congo. The instrument consists of several iron lamellae, fixed to a rectangular wooden soundbox. In Swahili the word imba means song. Kuimba means to sing, as in the phrase ""nitakwenda kuimba"" (I go to sing). Swahili, as in many languages, uses a type of binomial nomenclature to create new words to describe unfamiliar or new objects, occurrences or people, based on existing words or concepts. By combining part of the word for mother = ma with the word for"
"the break between registers. Sometimes the singer exaggerates the break through repetition, as a yodel. As with other aspects of Hawaiian music, falsetto developed from a combination of sources, including pre-European Hawaiian chanting, early Christian hymn singing and the songs and yodeling of immigrant cowboys, called ""paniolos"" in the Hawaiian language, during the Kamehameha Reign in the 1800s when cowboys were brought from Mexico to teach Hawaiians how to care for cattle. Falsetto is also common in African folk music, especially the South African style called ""Mbube"", traditionally performed by an all-male ""a cappella"" chorus. The pop group Bee Gees"
"these are called the ""m'boubou"". In other regions of West Africa, the female formal clothing has been a boubou variant, called a kaftan, and in other places it is the wrapper and headscarf. Agbada Agbada is one of the names for a flowing wide-sleeved robe worn by men in much of West Africa, and to a lesser extent in North Africa, related to the dashiki suit. The garments is known by various names in different the ethnic groups: Agbada (Yoruba , Dagomba), boubou (from the Wolof word mbubb), babban riga (Hausa), mbubb (Wolof), k'sa or gandora (Tuareg), darra'a Maghrebi Arabic,"
"would comes out. There are two types of Egungun in Ikirun. The first group are the Egungun Ilu otherwise known as Eegun Olore. They do whip on one another to entertain people. These include Doodika (Sika), Orogun meji, Labinkolo, Yemoja, and Yerepe. The second category is the Egungun Oje. They are masquerades who performs magical acts (Idan) to entertain people. These include Owolewa, Eyeba, Alagbaa and Eyefo-odo. On the seventh day (Ijo Ije), Chief Ojomu and Olota do feast the Egunguns, celebrants and other traditional chiefs. They prepare meals such as pounded yam and egusi soup. All Egunguns come out"
"Moombahton Moombahton (, ) is a fusion genre of house music and reggaeton that was created by American DJ and producer Dave Nada in Washington, D.C., in 2009. Nada coined the name as a portmanteau of Moombah (a track by Dutch house DJ Chuckie and producer/DJ Silvio Ecomo), and reggaeton (itself a neologism combining reggae with the Spanish suffix ""-ton"", signifying big). Identifying characteristics of moombahton include a thick and spread-out bass line, dramatic builds, and a two-step pulse with quick drum fills. Occasionally moombahton includes ravey synthesizers and acappella rap samples. Musically, moombahton mixes the rhythmic origins of Dutch"
"Babendil The babandil is a single, narrow-rimmed Philippine gong used primarily as the “timekeeper” of the Maguindanao kulintang ensemble. The babendil usually has a diameter of roughly one foot making it larger than the largest kulintang gong and comparable to the diameter of the agung or gandingan. However, unlike the gandingan or the agong, the babendil has a sunken boss which makes the boss relatively non-functional. Because of their sunken boss, babendils are instead struck either at the flange or the rim, using either bamboo betays or a strip of rattan, producing a sharp, distinctive metallic clang and are sometimes"