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Sylvestre Randafison
12+ albums
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Benjamin Sylvestre Randafison (1928 - 2003) was a celebrated valiha player from Madagascar . He was considered a cultural icon in his country. In addition to playing and promoting the valiha, Randafison also made high quality bamboo valihas with different tunings. Throughout the 1950s and 60s, Randafison and his trio, Ny Antsaly toured extensively outside Madagascar. He also worked as a folklorist for the Madagascan Ministry of Cultural Affairs, traveling throughout Madagascar to collect more than 1,000 pieces of traditional music. Sylvestre Randafison died on July 12, 2003. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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L'art de la valiha
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Valiha: Madagascar
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A World Out Of Time
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Valiha Music From Madagascar
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Resting Place Of The Mists: New Valiha And Marovan Music From Madagascar
A World Out of Time: Henry Kaiser & David Lindley in Madagascar
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A World Out Of Time - Madagascar
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VALIHA Madagascar
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Madgaskar 3 - Valiha, sounding bamboo
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A World Out Of Time - Henry Kaiser & David Lindley In Madagascar
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Valiha Madagascar – ORTF - Ocora OCR 18
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Resting Place of the Mists: New Valiha and Marovany Music From Madagascar