Tchiloli

“Le Tchiloli est un style santoméen mi théâtral mi musical qui conte sur le mode satyrique l'affrontement entre la famille de Mantoue et Charlemagne. Le texte ci-dessus est sous licence libre (CC-BY-SA) This musical style from Sao tome is a drama telling in a hbumorous way the conflict between French emperor Charlemagne and Muntu family. The musicians/actors are dressed in costumes of that period and dance africanized versions of french dances like menuet and contre-danse. This drama has been performed in the eighties in Paris at la Maison des Cultures du Monde à Paris who published a study on it. Tchiloli is performed during catholic ceremonies. In 2005, Buda label recorded tchiloli music in a compilation , Music from Sao Tome. ”