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    The document discusses the Berimbau, a musical instrument from Brazil with origins in Angola. It includes links to videos of the Berimbau being played as well as pictures of its parts and comparisons to other instruments like xylophones and scrapers. The document also explores the Berimbau's roots as a hunting bow brought to Brazil via the slave trade from Africa.

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    The document discusses the Berimbau, a musical instrument from Brazil with origins in Angola. It includes links to videos of the Berimbau being played as well as pictures of its parts and comparisons to other instruments like xylophones and scrapers. The document also explores the Berimbau's roots as a hunting bow brought to Brazil via the slave trade from Africa.

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    Berimbau

    Let’s take a trip to Brazil!


    Talk about this picture… what do you see?
    Listen to this video… what do you hear?
    … what do you see?

    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPHncNwYw9M
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs_PdDu2ymQ
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMKSLDYS9P4
    Look at all the parts! What do they do?
    What instruments sound like the Berimbau?
    • Xylophone?
    • Wood blocks?
    • Scrapers?
    • Tubanos?
    • Bongos?
    • Boom Whackers?
    Angolan origins… in Brazil!
    Berimbau m'bulumbumba

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ5VJpTkmZk
    Origins – Musical Bow

     May have roots with the Hunting Bow

     Found in many South African peoples

     Brought to the American’s through the slave trade

     Played with hands, wooden stick, or branch

     There are…
     Mouth Resonated Bows
     Earth – Resonated String Bows
     Gourd – Resonated String Bows Obu man playing a musical bow,
    Obubra, Cross River State, Nigeria

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