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“Un chant triste, sorte de cri au coeur. Comparable au blues. La langue innue presque chantée, aux intonations lentes, celles qu'on fait durer par des respires. Le manque de voyelles rend la langue impénétrable, comme un rappel à la nature, la dureté, l'écorce et les panaches.”

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