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Butaka (Track)
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Item b) shows the Chondo drum used as an accompaniment to a song. The Chondo drum in this case was a small portable wooden gong of about 24" long and 12" diameter hollowed out through a slit with a rectangular hole at either end. The drum was placed on an insulation ring made of bound grass.
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Call for circumcision (Field Card)
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Away from the Congo River itself, it appears that the art of sending drum messages deteriorates into the sending of signals only, the former being based upon the tonality of the individual words comprising the sentences transmitted, the latter comprising pre-set phrases and rhythms to which certain significance i...
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Call for circumcision (Track)
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Away from the Congo River itself, it appears that the art of sending drum messages deteriorates into the sending of signals only, the former being based upon the tonality of the individual words comprising the sentences transmitted, the latter comprising pre-set phrases and rhythms to which certain significance i...
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Call to war (Track)
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Away from the Congo river itself it appears that the art of sending drum messages deteriorates into the sending of signals only, the former being based upon the tonality of the individual words comprising the sentences transmitted, the latter comprising pre-set phrases and rhythms to which certain significance is...
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Calling the people and stating they have arrived (Track)
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Item b) shows the Chondo drum used as an accompaniment to a song. The Chondo drum in this case was a small portable wooden gong of about 24" long and 12" diameter hollowed out through a slit with a rectangular hole at either end. The drum was placed on an insulation ring made of bound grass.
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Chief summoning his people (Track)
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Away from the Congo River itself, it appears that the art of sending drum messages deteriorates into the sending of signals only, the former being based upon the tonality of the individual words comprising the sentences transmitted, the latter comprising pre-set phrases and rhythms to which certain significance is...
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Ching’ombe Kulowa, 1st movement (Field Card)
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The dancers were composed of about 50 young men from the ages of 10 to 20 years. Three dancers pranced in front. A notable feature was the large buttefly bows tied onto the top of the heads of several of the dancers.
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Ching’ombe Kulowa, 1st movement (Track)
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The dancers were composed of about 50 young men from the ages of 10 to 20 years. Three dancers pranced in front. A notable feature was the large buttefly bows tied onto the top of the heads of several of the dancers.
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Citawala 2nd movement (Field Card)
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A good example of Malipenga playing and dancing. This is the opening movement of the dance. The word Muganda which is the name of this dance is taken from the sound of the drums which accompany the singing gourds. "Men and women, togeher with the chief, you have come here to see the clever dancers. We come from to...
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Citawala 2nd movement (Track)
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A good example of Malipenga playing and dancing. This is the opening movement of the dance. The word Muganda which is the name of this dance is taken from the sound of the drums which accompany the singing gourds. "Men and women, togeher with the chief, you have come here to see the clever dancers. We come from to...
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