Lokanga bara

The '''lokanga bara''' (sometimes referred to by the generic term ''lokanga'') is a three-stringed [[fiddle]] popular among the Southern [[Antandroy]] and [[Bara people|Bara]] ethnic groups of [[Madagascar]].<ref name="Emoff2002">{{cite book|author=Ron Emoff|title=Recollecting from the past: musical practice and spirit possession on the east coast of Madagascar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=unlmyidJNHcC&pg=PA91|accessdate=30 April 2011|year=2002|publisher=Wesleyan University Press|isbn=978-0-8195-6500-6|pages=91–}}</ref>

The related term '''lokanga bazaha''' ("foreign lokanga") is used to refer to the European violin.<ref name="Tenaille2002">{{cite book|author=Frank Tenaille|title=Music is the weapon of the future: fifty years of African popular music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5fMZ8La_PSYC&pg=PA47|accessdate=30 April 2011|date=1 August 2002|publisher=Chicago Review Press|isbn=978-1-55652-450-9|pages=47–}}</ref>

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[[Category:Malagasy musical instruments]] [[Category:String instruments]] [[Category:Bowed instruments]]