Round 500: Tossup 6
A pianist from this country who played under a one-word religious title is the focus of the documentary “The Honky Tonk Nun” and features on a 30-CD series by the French label Buda Musique. In this country, the pitch collections “1, 2, 3, 5, 6” and “1, 2, flat 3, 5, flat 6” are considered major and minor versions of the tizita mode. The soundtrack of Jim Jarmusch’s Broken Flowers features the music of a vibraphonist from this country who plays with Australia’s Black Jesus Experience. An ethnic group from this country developed families of pentatonic modes called (*) qiñit (“kin-yit”) for use in zema chants. This country names a style of jazz pioneered by Mulatu Astatke. A person from this country was worshipped by the leader of The Wailers. For 10 points, a leader of what country was worshipped by the Jamaican Bob Marley? ■END■
ANSWER: Ethiopia [or Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia; or Ityop’iya Federalawi Demokrasiyawi Ripeblik; or Rippabliikii Federaalawaa Dimokraatawaa Itiyoophiyaa] (The musician in the first clue is Emahoy, and the series by Buda Musique is Éthiopiques.)
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