Junjung: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
there's a huge Serer topics navbox at the bottom. This is too much for a short stub. |
Hmainsbot1 (talk | contribs) m AWB general fixes and delink dates per WP:DATELINK, WP:YEARLINK and MOS:UNLINKYEARS using AWB (8097) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{see|The Battle of Fandane-Thiouthioune}} |
{{see|The Battle of Fandane-Thiouthioune}} |
||
[[File:Serer Royal War Drum (Jung-Jung). 19th Century. Jung-Jung From The Kingdom of Sine (in modern day Senegal).jpg|thumb| |
[[File:Serer Royal War Drum (Jung-Jung). 19th Century. Jung-Jung From The Kingdom of Sine (in modern day Senegal).jpg|thumb|19th century junjung, from the [[Kingdom of Sine]], part of present-day [[Senegal]].]] |
||
'''Junjung''' (various spellings, including ''Jung-jung'', ''gungun'' also ''dyoung-dyoung'' etc.)<ref>[[Léopold Sédar Senghor]],'' À l'appel de la race de Saba (1936)'' : « Ma tête bourdonnant au galop guerrier des dyoungs-dyoungs, au grand galop de mon sang de pur sang » </ref> is the name for the royal war [[drum]] of the [[Serer people]] in [[Senegal]] and the [[Gambia]].<ref>Louis Diène Faye. Mort et naissance: le monde Sereer, p56. Nouvelles Éditions africaines, 1983 ISBN 2723608689</ref> It was played on the way to the battle field, on special State occasions as well as on [[Serer religion|Serer religious]] ceremonies. |
'''Junjung''' (various spellings, including ''Jung-jung'', ''gungun'' also ''dyoung-dyoung'' etc.)<ref>[[Léopold Sédar Senghor]],'' À l'appel de la race de Saba (1936)'' : « Ma tête bourdonnant au galop guerrier des dyoungs-dyoungs, au grand galop de mon sang de pur sang » </ref> is the name for the royal war [[drum]] of the [[Serer people]] in [[Senegal]] and the [[Gambia]].<ref>Louis Diène Faye. Mort et naissance: le monde Sereer, p56. Nouvelles Éditions africaines, 1983 ISBN 2723608689</ref> It was played on the way to the battle field, on special State occasions as well as on [[Serer religion|Serer religious]] ceremonies. |
||
Revision as of 04:10, 19 August 2012
._19th_Century._Jung-Jung_From_The_Kingdom_of_Sine_(in_modern_day_Senegal).jpg)
Junjung (various spellings, including Jung-jung, gungun also dyoung-dyoung etc.)[1] is the name for the royal war drum of the Serer people in Senegal and the Gambia.[2] It was played on the way to the battle field, on special State occasions as well as on Serer religious ceremonies. It is also the progenitor of the music of the same name found in the Caribbean.[3]
See also
Notes
- ^ Léopold Sédar Senghor, À l'appel de la race de Saba (1936) : « Ma tête bourdonnant au galop guerrier des dyoungs-dyoungs, au grand galop de mon sang de pur sang »
- ^ Louis Diène Faye. Mort et naissance: le monde Sereer, p56. Nouvelles Éditions africaines, 1983 ISBN 2723608689
- ^ Pathé Diagne, Tarana ou l'Amérique précolombienne : un continent africain, Harmattan, 2010, p. 260, ISBN 978-2-296-11484-5