Nawal festival Milatsika (Chicon) Click on the photo to see video
Nawal is a very special case of the Comorian music. Deeply rooted in Comorian musical and spiritual, it also incorporated a modern artistic approach, as understood in the West. It is therefore within her two antipodal worlds whose skillful and contrasting cohabitation produces very fine soundscapes.
His music reminds me that the Indian Ocean, is none other than the ocean of Sinbad. This is the fabulous sea spoken of in the Arabian Nights , that filing the sole survivor of a shipwreck on a predestined shore fleet where mysterious scent of ylang-ylang and clove. The port of Basra is never far away in his songs and his voice, along the African coast and the shores of Madagascar feeding rhythms.
Chicon in concert with the Women of the Moon Click on the photo to see video
is, to my knowledge, the first woman, and perhaps even the only one, Gabus play on stage. It should be noted because in thinking Comoros, the instruments are traditionally distributed between men and women. The Gabus is an instrument of man, but we must recognize that Nawal's very good sound. His
Gabus bears the stamp of his singular career. Its form, already is very special with its long neck and elongated head. She found out and bought Moheli in 1995. Since then she has never regained the kind. In true
mohélien Gabus, it is designed to carry five strings divided into three choirs, but Nawal mount only four strings (three choruses). After various tests, it gives way, the low to high: G1 La2-D2 D2
Detailed arrangement of ropes and anchors pegs, very stylish and practical , from a Turkish instrument. Again, she had tried several types of anchors before stopping his choice.
A click on the picture and you are on the website of Nawal.
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