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  • What does Carnatic refer to?
    Southern India
  • What Western grouping of dance do Africans NOT use?
    Couples dancing
  • What does Hindustani refer to?
    Northern India
  • Where did most of the Latin American dances we studied originate?
    Cuba
  • Name a dance from Latin America.
    Any of the dances from the reading?
  • What is the name of the drums used in either Indian ensembles?
    Tablas or Mridangam
  • Which Latin American dance involves two partners dancing close to one another with a serious expression?
    Tango
  • What type of African song belongs to only a particular group; a private song?
    Esoteric
  • When do Africans dance alone or inidvidually?
    Free-form dancing
  • When do Africans dance in groups?
    Line or circle formations
  • What type of African song is the everyday song, work songs, lullabies, or grumble?
    Secular
  • Which 3 cultures does Latin American music blend together to form their style?
    Portuguese, Spanish and African
  • Name a dance from Latin America.
    Any of the dances from the reading
  • What is the name for the melody instrument for Carnatic ensembles?
    Vina
  • Which family of instruments was not used in Latin American music?
    Strings
  • Name an instrument from the African ensembles
    Any answer from the reading
  • Name a similarity between Haji Firuz and another holiday.
    Any answer
  • Which Latin American dance features a hat?
    Mexican Hat Dance
  • 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
  • What is animism?
    The belief that objects have spirits or souls
  • What type of African song is used to bring the whole community together during special occasions; weddings, funerals, or naming ceremonies?
    Ceremonial
  • What is the name of the melody instrument for Hindustani ensembles?
    Sitar
  • Name an instrument from the African ensembles.
    Any answer from the reading