Motif
Distant music leading to named communal dance
distant_music_leading_to_named_communal_dance
A motif of the Enchanting Music and Sound Power family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
afro caribbean
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Jamaica Anansi Stories ANIMAL STORIES. / OLD STORIES, CHIEFLY OF SORCERY. / MODERN EUROPEAN STORIES. / DANCE AND SONG.; lines 8676-8852 confidence: medium
An old man and his wife hear sweet music; the wife says it was old Cumbolo singing, and the passage directs singing and dancing the Cumbolo.
The old couple hear sweet music, identify old Cumbolo as singing, and are directed to sing and dance the Cumbolo.
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