A mutu is a type of improvised sung poetry found in Sardinia, performed as a call-and-response exchange in which women singers reply to male singers using structured verse pairs called duina in the Sardinian language. The term mut(t)u is attested since the eighth century.
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Place of Origin Defining TraitPaired verses (duina), usually one slightly longer than the other, traditionally sung by women in response to men 1 Sources
1. Mutu (music) (Wikipedia)
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A mutu is a type of improvised sung poetry found in Sardinia.
Structure description
Mutus consist of paired verses (in Sardinian: duina), usually one slightly longer than the other (for example 3 + 4 lines).
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