Exempel på griot

• But as we will see the griot is also popularly seen as a servant of power-holders.

• There are no indigenous professional ' historians ' like the griots, not least because there were no central political institutions that needed to be legitimated through history.

• The griot addresses members of the traditional aristocracy, who reply by offering gifts to the griot.

• She makes an excellent case for the centrality of griots and smiths based on their critical skills and knowledge and the relatively greater amount of source material on them.

• The people would also gather in kaiso tents where a griot or lead singer would lead them in song.

• The epic is an instance of oral history, going back to the 14th century and narrated by generations of griot poets or "jeliw" ("djeli").

• In the past, music has been the main "fort" of one social group, the "griot" (village entertainers).

• The head griot would offer them a beverage that they must drink.

• This test was just one of many tests carried out by the head griot.

• Griots are a living library for the community providing history, entertainment, and wisdom while playing and singing their songs.

• It is played to accompany a griot's singing or simply on its own.

• The griots then chant ancient songs marked by sadness and praise for the departed king.

• In reference to a griot, griots are only supposed to marry other griots.

• Such griots were used to recite history of births and deaths, battles and marriages in the village.

• Each aristocratic family of griots accompanied a higher-ranked family of warrior-kings or emperors, which they called "jatigi".