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Quick guide to funaná
Sourced or Silent · CC BY-SA 4.0The funaná [funɐˈna] is a music and dance genre from Cape Verde.
01 · What it is
MusicVocal, percussive, or instrumental sound tradition carried by community performers.
02 · Where & name
Cape VerdeWritten in its own script on record as Funaná.
03 · How it is doing
□□□□ (Not yet assessed)Documented in open cultural records, but no cited field assessment of its current vitality has been added here yet.
04 · Proof & reuse
1 cited sourceEvery claim links to a public record below. Free to quote, teach, and share under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Common Questions Answered on Record
What is funaná in plain words?
The funaná [funɐˈna] is a music and dance genre from Cape Verde. In local script on record, it is written Funaná.
Where is funaná practised or documented?
Sources on this page place funaná in Cape Verde.
What is the current condition of funaná today?
□□□□ (Not yet assessed): Documented in open cultural records, but no cited field assessment of its current vitality has been added here yet.
How do I cite or share this funaná entry?
Cite as: "funaná." folkroom, https://folkroom.org/art-forms/funana, text CC BY-SA, with attribution.
The tradition & historical record
1 min read · 1 sourceThe funaná [funɐˈna] is a music and dance genre from Cape Verde. Funaná is an accordion-based music. The rhythm is usually provided by the ferrinho much like the use of washboards in zydeco, the saw in Caribbean ripsaw music, the scraper in Sub-Saharan African music and the güiro in Latin and Pre-Columbian music.
The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Funaná”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence.
funaná is music genre from Cape Verde, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 1
The source record links this tradition to 7 external registers, which can be verified through the citation. 1
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