In Réunion, maloya, from sugar cane plantations to international stages
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Firmin Viry, 87, the last of the still living pioneers of maloya.
© Blabla Prod / Estelle Galabert Jomaron
By: José Marinho Follow
Grand reportage is in music today to the rhythm of maloya.
Sounds from slaves, even in the sugar cane plantations of Reunion.
Politicized music, it was banned in the 60s, before being rehabilitated 11 years later, and even listed as intangible cultural heritage by Unesco.
40 years after its release, maloya owes its vitality to the fusion of genres by the new generation of artists.
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Immersion during the Indian Ocean Music Market and Sakifo, a prestigious music festival.
"In Reunion, the maloya, from the sugar cane plantations to the international scenes", a great report by José Marinho.
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