Maloya

Maloya

music genre, type of dance

Subclass of	music of Réunion, music of Seychelles
Country of origin	France
Intangible cultural heritage status	National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage in France, Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
Described at URL	https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/00249, https://ich.unesco.org/fr/RL/00249, https://ich.unesco.org/es/RL/00249

Maloya yɛ Réunion ndwontow kuw ebien no mu kor, mpɛn pii no wɔtoo wɔ Réunion Creole, a wɔdze amambra nsɛnkuw na ndwonto mu nkotoserɛ^[1]. Maloya yɛ adze fofor a n'abɔse fi Ebibirim ndwom na Malagasy nkowa na Indiafo edwumayɛfo a wɔwɔ supruw do^[2], dɛ mbrɛ ɔwɔ asafo ndwom bi wɔ Réunion, séga. Wiadze ndwom nsɛnkyerɛwfo na enyimdzifo a wonnyi kuw pɔtsee bi mu no, ɔtɔfabi a wɔdze maloya toto Americafo ndwom, birisiifo, mbom hɔn ndzɛmba bi dzi nsɛ. Wohun Maloya dɛ kurow bi a otsiatsia French kurow ne fahodzi do ntsi woyii hɔn edzi wɔ afe 1970s mu^[3].

1. ↑ https://books.google.com.gh/books?id=TrhClZg65EsC&q=baster+reunion&pg=PA225&redir_esc=y
2. ↑ https://archive.org/details/worldmusic00rich_0
3. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24300017