Djolé (also known as Jolé or Yolé) is a mask-dance[1] from Temine people in Sierra Leone. It is played traditionally with a large square drum called sikko.
Although a mask depicts a female, it is carried by a male.[2]
Djolé is played usually during big feasts which involve many villages to celebrate a good harvest, the end of the Ramadan or a marriage.[3]
Nowadays the rhythm has been rearranged to be played with the djembé and is very popular in particular in Guinea.
Lyrics
Laila i ko korobé, korobé, korobé, mami watoné, aya, sico leleleko aya
sico la i ko na, sico la i ko, wa wango sico la i ko, wa wango sico la i ko[4]
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