kakaki
The kakaki is a three- to four-metre-long metal trumpet used in Hausa, Yoruba, and Nupe traditional ceremonial music. The name used in Chad, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Benin, Niger, and Nigeria. • Illustration — Kakaki player at the palace of the Ooni of Ife, in Osun state, western Nigeria • Illustration — The Kakaki, also known as "Waza" or "Malakat", is a three- to four-meter-long metal trumpet used in African Hausa. The instrument is also known as malakat or mäläkät (መለከት) in Ethiopia and Eritrea. • Illustration — Kakaki is a long metal trumpet used in Hausa traditional ceremonial music.
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- end-blown straight labrosones with mouthpiece
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It could be anything from three metres in length. An ancient instrument, the kakaki was predominant among Songhai cavalry. Its sound is associated with royalty and it is only played at events at the palace of the king or sultan in Hausa societies. It is used as part of the sara, a weekly statement of power and authority. Kakaki are exclusively played by men.
Kakaki is an end-blown straight labrosones with mouthpiece.
Danse traditionnelle de la province du Kanem lors du festival Dary édition 2018 à N'Djamena
Yacoub D.
Two horse-mounted trumpeters in the Borno Emirate. Instrument not named, but modern instuments of this kind are called kakaki.
Johnston, Harry, 1858-1927 · book: Pioneers in West Africa New York Public Library https: Book at archive.org
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