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What does Hindustani refer to?
Northern India
What does Carnatic refer to?
Southern India
What is the name of the melody instrument for Hindustani ensembles?
Sitar
What is the name for the melody instrument for Carnatic ensembles?
Vina
What is the name of the drums used in either Indian ensembles?
Tablas or Mridangam
What is the name of the drone instrument used in Indian ensembles?
Tambura
The bull tossing the planet to the other horn and a new year beginning is what known as what Persian celebration?
Haji Firuz
Which Latin American dance features a hat?
Mexican Hat Dance
Which Latin American dance involves two partners dancing close to one another with a serious expression?
Tango
Which 3 cultures does Latin American music blend together to form their style?
Portuguese, Spanish and African
Which family of instruments was not used in Latin American music?
Strings
Name a dance from Latin America.
Any of the dances from the reading
Name a dance from Latin America.
Any of the dances from the reading?
Where did most of the Latin American dances we studied originate?
Cuba
When do Africans dance alone or inidvidually?
Free-form dancing
When do Africans dance in groups?
Line or circle formations
