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Introduction
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cf. types of traditional Oromo music adapted by Rev. Caalii Fufaa
Q: Differences in form (not only content)?
Ateete (women’s ritual songs at special occasions)
Daboo (“Work songs [?]”)
x
_ _ _ [Orom. terminology?] “Cultural Song”
(Q: Difference to other types of songs mentioned?)
x
Shororo [corr. Orom. terminology?] “Newborn Children’s song [= lullaby?]”
x
Geerarsa (“songs of heroes”)
[corr. Orom. terminology for “war songs”? danfa?]
_ _ _ [Orom. terminology?] (“Wedding song”)
Types of traditional Oromo music / songs not adapted by Rev. Caalii and others:
_ _ _ (any?)
Faaruu loonii (cattle praising”) / _ _ _ horse praising
x
Love songs
x
For further study
Anaïs Maro (n.d.). Imagining Oromumma… in music: a history of Oromo nationalism and the birth of Oromo music. Presentation. [read online]
Bartels, L. (1975). “Dabo: A Form of Cooperation between Farmers among the Macha Galla of Ethiopia. Social Aspects, Songs, and Ritual.” Anthropos 70 (5/6): 883–925. [Read online]
Qashu, Leila (2004). La musique dans le mariage Arsi Oromo. M.A. thesis. Paris: Université Paris VIII.
Qashu, Leila (2008). “The Individual and the Group in the Songs of Arsi Oromo Men”, Annales d’Éthiopie 23: 115–133. [read online]
Talilee B. Fiqruu (2018). Reviving Aspects of Ateetee: An Arsi Oromo Women’s Musical Ritual to Empower Women to Protect Their
Human Rights and Participate in Society’s Social and Religious Life. DMin dissertation. Newberg, OR: George Fox University. [Read online]