Voices of the Magi
Subtitle: Enchanted Journeys in Southeast Brazil (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology)
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: May 1, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 283
ISBN-13: 9780226709390
Subjects: Ethnography; Sacred & religious music; Music; Music/Songbooks; Brazil; Ethnomusicology; Genres & Styles - Folk & Traditional; Religious - Christian; Music / Religious / Christian; Brazil, Southeast; Christmas; Folk music; Folk songs, Portuguese; History and criticism
First sentence: AS THE CHRISTMAS SEASON APPROACHES, folias de reis, or companhias de reis (companies of kings) begin to make the necessary preparations for their ritual journeys (jornadas).