"a tradition of oral minstrelsy stretching back for centuries"
2.
the form of entertainment associated with minstrel shows, featuring songs, dances, and formulaic comic routines based on stereotyped depictions of black Americans and typically performed by white actors with blackened faces.
"it was a counter to the proliferation of racist caricatures, particularly in blackface minstrelsy"
The word nagan signifies a player on a stringed instrument, a harpist, though used of players of any musical instrument.Elisha once when solicited to give advice asked for a minstrel to be brought, and when the minstrel played, the hand of the Lord came upon him. 2 Kings 3:15. The minstrels mentioned in Matthew 9:23 were pipers or flute players hired to assist in mourning.
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The word nagan signifies a player on a stringed instrument, a harpist, though used of players of any musical instrument.Elisha once when solicited to give advice asked for a minstrel to be brought, and when the minstrel played, the hand of the Lord came upon him. 2 Kings 3:15. The minstrels mentioned in Matthew 9:23 were pipers or flute players hired to assist in mourning.
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