The second type of smock is the Banaga, which has short sleeves, usually above the elbow and is associated with success and well-being. This is worn over long and short sleeved T-shirts. These include Yenkisi, a sleeveless smock usually used by males, including chiefs. It is a fact that in Ghana, most politicians wear fugu sewn in their party colours to rallies. The smock is also worn during marriage and burial ceremonies.
PICTURES OF FUGU CODE
During the Damba Festival, for example, the dress code is the fugu. Most of us have no formal training but we learned the trade hands on,” he said.Īt the early stage of its appearance, the dress was used for political and military, rather than economic purposes. The fugu, has retained its rich traditional heritage and fulfilled customers’ demands and contemporary trends.Īccording to Mr Seidu Umar, who sells smocks at the Arts Centre in Accra, the social and cultural appeal of the fugu are not the only things that have attracted him into the trade, but the patronage and ready markets in Accra, for his business have also been key factors.įor Mr Yahaya Imren, a 25-year-old fugu weaver from Tamale, “lack of support from the government to promote the local weaving industry has not allowed the trade to grow. The fugu usually has embroidery patterns on the neck, with V or U shapes cut above the chest. The strips which are four inches wide are sewn together either by hand or machine. "As is suggested by the derivation of the word " fugue," from the Latin "fuga," aįlight, the characteristic peculiarity of the form is the entrance.
The Appreciation of Music by Thomas Whitney Surette, Daniel Gregory Mason (1907) The word fugue had not always the same meaning as in our time and since the. This word is derived from the Latin fuga, flight, and a certain kind. Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of Music by William Smythe Babcock Mathews, Emil Liebling (1896) a fugue worked throughout in double reversible counterpoint. A Dictionary of Musical Terms: Containing Upwards of 9,000 English, French by Theodore Baker (1895) "Then the composition is sometimes called a fugue with three or with four subjects īut this designation is improper, a fugue having never more than the. Music and Musicians by Albert Lavignac (1903) a fugue having the answer in contrary motion to the subject."ģ. " fugue in similar motion, the answer ascending and descending like the subject. In the strict style, in Which a subject is proposed by one part and. " fugue (fug.) A term derived from the Latin word fuga, a flight. Elson's Music Dictionary: Containing the Definition and Pronunciation of by Louis Charles Elson (1905)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fugue fugitivesīelow you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:ġ. to compose a fugue (a type of musical composition) Ī condition in which an individual suddenly abandons a present activity or lifestyle and starts a new and different one for a period of time, often in a different city afterward, the individual alleges amnesia for events occurring during the fugue period, although earlier events are remembered and habits and skills are usually unaffected.
Anything in literature, poetry, film, painting, etc., that resembles a fugue in structure or in its elaborate complexity and formality. A contrapuntal piece of music wherein a particular melody is played in a number of voices, each voice introduced in turn by playing the melody ¹Ģ. The theme is first given out by one voice or part, and then, while that pursues its way, it is repeated by another at the interval of a fifth or fourth, and so on, until all the parts have answered one by one, continuing their several melodies and interweaving them in one complex progressive whole, in which the theme is often lost and reappears.ġ. A polyphonic composition, developed from a given theme or themes, according to strict contrapuntal rules. Generic synonyms: Classical, Classical Music, Serious Musicġ.