Mussoll

{{Short description|Folk dance from Goa, India}}

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Mussoll (literally pestle) or Mussllam khell is a folk dance performed by Goan Catholic people of Chandor, Goa, India; with songs associated with Hindu idols such as Shiva & as well as Christian saints like the Virgin Mary.

References

  • {{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/in-chandor-catholics-pray-before-a-cross-toinvoke-shiva-before-starting-mussllam-khel/articleshow/89908495.cms|title=Goa: In Chandor, Catholics Pray Before A Cross To Invoke Shiva Before Starting Mussllam Khel|date=1 March 2022|author=Govind Lamat Maad|work=The Times of India|access-date=8 March 2024}}
  • {{cite book

|date=1998

|editor1=Bruno Nettl

|editor2=Alison Arnold

|editor3=Ruth M. Stone

|editor4=James Porter

|editor5=Timothy Rice

|edition=illustrated

|title=The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: South Asia: the Indian subcontinent

|pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=ZOlNv8MAXIEC&q=Mussoll 737–740]

|publisher=Taylor & Francis

|isbn=9780824049461}}

Further reading

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  • {{Cite document

|last=Morenas

|first=Zenaides

|year=2002

|title=The Mussoll dance of Chandor: the dance of the Christian Kshatriyas

|publisher=Clarissa Vaz e Morenas Konkani Research Fellowship Endowment Fund

}}

{{refend}}

{{Goan Catholics}}

{{Performing arts of Goa}}

Category:Goan dances

Category:Goan music

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