Special Musical Style
Bil Aka Kora's version of Djongo is a fusion of Kassena and modern musical styles such as jazz, reggae, and blues. Djongo was originally the traditional music of the Gourounsi or Kassena (ethnic groups in the south of Burkina Faso), produced with a lot percussion instruments such as bendre, lunga, djembe, drums and flutes. Djongo is traditionally a dance of rivalry, vitality, strength and energy that Kassena men dance to impress and seduce girls or before going to war. Kora modernized Djongo and made it into a musical style appreciated throughout Burkina Faso, even though the lyrics are in Kassena, a language spoken by only 1% of the population.
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