Rosil de Costa

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Rosil de Costa (Malacca, ? - 1986) was a Malaysian singer.

She was the last great singer, poetess and improviser of the Malay genre of music called Mata-kantiga (literally, “kill the song”), of Portuguese origin, where a man and a woman improvise verses, similar to the styles found in Brazil and Portugal. She was also the singer of another genre of Malay music of Portuguese origin named Branyo.

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  • Sarkissian, Margaret. Kantiga di Padri sa chang. From the collection "Viagem dos Sons", Tradisom, Vila Verde, Portugal, 1998
  • Silva Rego, Padre António da. "Apontamentos para o estudo do dialecto português de Malaca. Boletim Geral das Colônias, Lisboa, Portugal, 1941.
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