Kasse Mady Diabate - Kela Djeliya (Mali).flv

[mohamedsacko83]

kasse mady,à travers cette musique traditonnelle vous avez montré encore de plus la vraie valeur de la musique mandingue, j'ai trop aimé cette chanson

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@mohamedsacko83:

Merci beaucoup pour votre commentaire très gentil!

[pierre1ish]

Kasse Madi..nou remen-ou la en Haiti..mwen ta remen ou vini chante nan peyi mwen on jou

[pierre1ish]

j'aime beacoup Kasse Mady...Maisa..Haiti

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@pierre1ish:

Kasse Mady Diabate se wa a nan chante Mali tradisyonèl.

[OrBlanc77]

This is indeed Keme Burema, a piece with which the Diabate jeliw from Kela often open their evening 'discussions' (baro). keme Burema was the younger brother of alimami Samory Toure, who (being the elder brother) sent him to the battlefield to fight. Amara tells us how they conquered Siby.

[WitnessTheDevine]

"En Afrique ,un viellard qui meurt , c'est un biblioteque qui brule"",,, moi je dirais "Chez les Mandingues , un Djeli qui meurt, c'est une biblioteque qui brule"...

Bravo Kasse Mady , vous etes le coeur et la tete du Mandé!!

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@WitnessTheDevine:

Ce que vous dites est très vrai - et Kasse Mady est un homme beaucoup plus précieux.

Merci pour vos commentaires!

[fatou2020]

ca c'est la vrai musique

[Jenebu77]

As Malian I am proud for my Griot in Mali. Kasse Mady is the legend singer of Mali, he has nice and beautiful voice. Kasse's songs are forever.

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@Jenebu77:

Je suis également fier de vos traditions griot malien!

Certains de la meilleure musique que j'ai jamais entendu est malien.

Merci beaucoup pour le commentaire et une semaine de plaisir.

Peace ...

mandrake

[mamadykamara]

This is the peace "Kèmè-Bourema", which is the name of a brother of Almamy Samory Touré, who served as general in his army. Samory was the founder of the Wassoulou Empire, an Islamic state that resisted French rule in West Africa from 1882 until his capture in 1898 (source Wikipedia).

I dont know exactly, what the story told in this peace of dyeliya is about, I just understand them mentionig "warrior" and "Samory Touré"

[dummyguava]

I'm assumimg this is Mali? Is that guy playing a national resonator?

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@dummyguava:

Yes it is Mali and yes its a resonator. They sometimes make home made ones in Africa and I've even played on one or two. They sound absolutely amazing.

[mamadykamara]

@dummyguava Kela is actually in South Mali, just look it up on a map.

[leftysergeant]

Even being unable to understand the language (Bambara?) I found this fascinating as a look at the role of the djeli in their culture, both as story-teller/lecturer and musician.  It is also apparent that this sort of event toally involves the community in their cultural life. They are not just spectators.

[mamadykamara]

@leftysergeant

Kela is the center of all griots (dyelilu) of the malinke (maninka). Probably many of the "spectators" are griots themselves.

[mamadykamara]

@leftysergeant

Kela is the center of all griots (dyelilu) of the malinke (maninka). Probably many of the "spectators" are griots themselves. By the way the langugage is a dialect of malinke (or maninkakan), which is actually pretty close to Bambara.

[throbule]

You have to wait untill 4.24 before Kasse Mady Diabate actually begins to sing, but for me its worth the wait.

The word Namu you hear from time to time means; "Thats correct" or "That's right"!

Can someone please tell me what the story they are singing is about?

Thanks.

[mamadykamara]

@throbule I just love this video!

yes, and "Namu" is derived from the arabic "naam", which simply means "yes".

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@mamadykamara:

Its also interesting that Namu or Nam means fusion or devotion in Sanscrit (India).

And the same word is used in some Japanese religious mantra's and rituals.