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Wounagole
Burkina Faso
Ethnic group: Nuna
Canadian Museum of Civilization

  Wounagole - CMC no. 2000.138.14 / Photo: Harry Foster

     

Each of these flutes has a distinct identity and role. The wounagole reveals the content of the song and ends the singing. Of different sizes, these eight zoomorphic instruments in the shape of birds are used at funerals and to play the music of the masks.

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    Date Created: May 8, 2001 | Last Updated: August 19, 2009