Patrick Kersalé
2021Aux Origines de la Musique
Patrick Kersalé
If there exists a lively diversity in the great array of cultures in the world, it is exemplified in all the music we choose to call «traditional». But, behind this amorphous term, there emerges another universe... that of communication....
On The Origins of Music
Gongs de Tous Les Pouvoirs
Patrick Kersalé
The political borders of Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam separate peoples who speak Austronesian and Austro-Asiatic languages, who once lived in the forest, practicing slash-and-burn agriculture and training elephants. These peoples share an instrumental heritage: playing gongs. Music of gongs has a power over the mind, the spirit, a power that influences each person?s destiny. In spite of the Communist revolution, the war and the disappearance of vast portions of the forest, these people continue striking their gongs. But the spirit animating this music has changed and, today, these instruments are the object of an altogether different power.
Gongs de Tous Les Pouvoirs
World Music Discoveries: Drums and Djembes of Burkina Faso
Patrick Kersalé
In the African nation of Burkina Faso, drums such as the djembe are more than a simple instrument; they have long been used for communication and storytelling as well as musical accompaniment, as this fascinating documentary illustrates. Explore the role the drum has played in Burkina Faso's history, and how the current generations' quest to move away from tradition threatens this time-honored instrument of oral history.
World Music Discoveries: Drums and Djembes of Burkina Faso
