THE INSTRUMENTS OF MUSIC

A Mediator between the Material
and Spiritual Worlds

Wounagole Burkina Faso Ethnic group: Nuna Canadian Museum of Civilization

     

Each of these flutes has a distinct identity and role. The wounagole reveals the content of the song and ends the singing. Of different sizes, these eight zoomorphic instruments in the shape of birds are used at funerals and to play the music of the masks.