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Pulana yoo rara bule (Track)
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"Pulana yoo rara bule. Maru kwa those. Pula kwa those. Re tlhabywa ke mosethlo Wa mosetlhe maru kwa those Matlhatswana ma boa a ikgorosa maojana." "Let there be gentle rain upon the earth Clouds on earth, rain on earth. We are pierced by thorns. Clouds on earth. Herd of cattle bring themselves home." These rain so...
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Pungo yoya (Field Card)
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"Vhamu sanda vhow: sahoni hehee Vhomu sonda vho Mmbengenihe Vha sidzana vha chinahani Vha thanga voma khowani Phungo yo vhaye ha hehe Ndi takala ndi duthuni he Hune nda pfa ndaha ndahila." "How did the chief fall down? How did he fall Chief Mbegenihe? How are the girls dancing Because there are no boys there? The...
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Pungo yoya (Track)
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"Vhamu sanda vhow: sahoni hehee Vhomu sonda vho Mmbengenihe Vha sidzana vha chinahani Vha thanga voma khowani Phungo yo vhaye ha hehe Ndi takala ndi duthuni he Hune nda pfa ndaha ndahila." "How did the chief fall down? How did he fall Chief Mbegenihe? How are the girls dancing Because there are no boys there? The...
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Puo ea Morena George T. Moshoeshoe (Field Card)
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"We know you, never mind, you wizards." The song, they say, is sung one week after burial. the stick is tapped onto the barrel of the drum.
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Puo ea Morena George T. Moshoeshoe (Track)
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The Chief mentions the recording work being done by the Library to discover, preserve and encourage the indigenous music of all African peoples.
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Pygmy dance I (Field Card)
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This recording starts with the sound of the pygmy hunting pipes with which they call to each other in the forest while hunting. To prevent their cracking, the pipes are often encased in the skin of a wild pig's tail shrunk onto the hollowed pipe while still wet. The cries and whistles are performed at the kill bef...
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