| 词汇 | griot |
| 释义 | griot noun[ C ] uk /ˈɡriː.əʊ/ us /ˈɡriː.oʊ/ in parts of West Africa, someone who passes on their society's history, especially through stories, poems, and music, and who takes part in ceremonies such as weddings and funerals（西非）歌舞艺人 Describing & telling stories dream sequence framing narrate narrative narratively non-narrative paint paint a picture (of something) idiom personalize personification personify recitation recount relate report retell self-report spin storyteller teller Examples of griotgriot But as we will see the griot is also popularly seen as a servant of power-holders. There are no indigenous professional ' historians ' like the griots, not least because there were no central political institutions that needed to be legitimated through history. The griot addresses members of the traditional aristocracy, who reply by offering gifts to the griot. She makes an excellent case for the centrality of griots and smiths based on their critical skills and knowledge and the relatively greater amount of source material on them. The people would also gather in kaiso tents where a griot or lead singer would lead them in song. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The epic is an instance of oral history, going back to the 14th century and narrated by generations of griot poets or "jeliw" ("djeli"). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In the past, music has been the main "fort" of one social group, the "griot" (village entertainers). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The head griot would offer them a beverage that they must drink. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. This test was just one of many tests carried out by the head griot. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Griots are a living library for the community providing history, entertainment, and wisdom while playing and singing their songs. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It is played to accompany a griot's singing or simply on its own. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The griots then chant ancient songs marked by sadness and praise for the departed king. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In reference to a griot, griots are only supposed to marry other griots. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Such griots were used to recite history of births and deaths, battles and marriages in the village. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Each aristocratic family of griots accompanied a higher-ranked family of warrior-kings or emperors, which they called "jatigi". From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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