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Denadon -116KB each	Traditional Ethnic Group: Malinke Northeast Guinea Denadon is generally played as a welcome rhythm before the Mendiani festival.	All instruments Djembe1 Djembe2 Dunun Set Dununba only Sangban only Kenkeni only
Djole -113 KB each	Traditional Ethnic Group: Temine Border Region Guinea/ Sierra Leone Djole is a very famous rhythm and nowadays, it's played all over West Africa. In the begining, it was a mask dance representing a woman. The mask was worn by a man who dressed as awoman. Djole always was a great village festivity, where several villages got together and celebrate a big harvest, the end of Ramadan, or a wedding.	All instruments Djembe1 Djembe2 Djembe3 Dunun Set Dununba only Sangban only Kenkeni only
Fankani -129KB each	Traditional Ethnic Group: Malinke Wassolon Region Wassolon is a region spread between Guinea and Mali and it is said Djembe came from this region. In this region, Fankani is played at all popular celebrations, especially those welcoming important visitors to the village.	All instruments Djembe1 Djembe2 Dunun Set Dununba only Sangban only Kenkeni only
Kuku (Koukou) -113KB each	Traditional Ethnic Group: Manian Forest Guinea and Ivory Coast Today, Kuku is a popular rhythm played at all kinds of festivals, including full moon celebrations. Kuku is a women's dance performed in a circle. Originally, Kuku was played when the women came back from fishing. They would take their fishing tools and dance. The rhythm was only played on djembes, and one of the three was low-tuned instead of using dunun. The first and second djembe accompaniments are traditional, the third and fourth djembe accompaniments are composed by Mamady Keita. =Song= Oh iya! I te kuku fo n'nye. Oh iya! I te kuku fo n'nye. Oh yeah! Play Kuku for me! From Rhythms and Songs from Guinea by Famoudou Konate	All instruments Djembe1 Djembe2 Djembe3 Djembe4 Dunun Set Dununba only Sangban only Kenkeni only
Sinte (Sint) -185KB each	Traditional Ethnic Group: Susu Nalu This is played at celebrations.	All instruments Djembe1 Djembe2 Dunun Set Dununba only Sangban only Kenkeni only
Sunun (Sunu,Sounou) -99KB each	Traditional Ethnic Group: Kassounke Mali, Kayes region Sunun is a popular rhythm played at all popular festivities. Sunun is the song and the real name for the rhythm is Gui. This song is named after a female dancer, Sunun. Although there are many different songs for Sunun, a lot of them are about wedding and marriage. Now Sunun is a rhythm often played all over West Africa and no wonder there are many interpretations and variations. Although patterns for the duns can be found for different bassdrums, the melody of these bassdrums together characterize the Sunun melody.	All instruments Djembe1 Djembe2 Dunun Set Dununba only Sangban only Kenkeni only