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Playing with time : art and performance in central Mali / Mary Jo Arnoldi.

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Twice a year in the central Malian region of Segou, communities put aside daily routines to observe and participate in elaborate puppet masquerades produced by local youth associations. These performances rank among the region's most celebrated artistic events. Mary Jo Arnoldi weaves a vivid ac...

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Main Author: Arnoldi, Mary Jo
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©1995.
Series:Traditional arts of Africa.
Subjects:
Bambara (African people) > Rites and ceremonies.
Bambara (African people) > Folklore.
Bambara (African people) > Social life and customs.
Puppet theater > Mali > Ségou (Region)
Puppet theater > Mali > Kirango.
Folklore > Performance > Mali.
Time > Social aspects > Mali.
Ségou (Mali : Region) > Social life and customs.
Kirango (Mali) > Social life and customs.
Bambara (African people)
Folklore > Performance.
Manners and customs.
Puppet theater.
Time > Social aspects.
Mali.
Mali > Kirango.
Mali > Ségou (Region)
Folklore.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface: Playing with Time: Art, Puppetry, and Performance
  • 1. A Bamana Tonko Festival, Kirango, June 1979
  • 2. The Definition and History of the Segou Puppet Masquerade Theatre
  • 3. The Sogo bo's Expressive Forms
  • 4. Time, Timing, and the Performance Process
  • 5. Bringing the Past into the Present in Masquerade Theatre
  • 6. The Production of Meaning and the Play of Interpretations
  • Conclusion: Kuma man nyi; Kumabaliya fana man nyi
  • Masquerade List.

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