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Tula mntwana = Hush, baby (Lullaby with clapping) (Field Card)
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Both singers were grandmothers who were nursing their grandchildren in their arms, and sung lullabies which must have been repeated many hundreds of times in their lifetime. Others sitting nearby provided the clapping in the background.
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Umankankalaza = The great swallower (Track)
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The great drinker' -- more accurately 'the great swallower.' A man who can make a pot of beer stay by him for weeks without passing it on. 'Kankala' is onomatopoeic, imitating the sound of swallowing. 'Everybody has gone out hunting except the great drinker who has stayed home.' Most of the singers were stamping e...
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Umfweni ubwite = Listen to the call (Field Card)
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Hymn No. 82 in the ms. hymnbook of the sect. The members of this group were Luunda, singing in Bemba. The founder of the group was an African named Law, who originally on the staff of the local Mine hospital.
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Vigwada mucenyele navyo (Field Card)
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"Be careful of casava leaves, do not eat them, my man, or you will die." Certain kinds of cassava roots are poisonous containing prussic acid until soaked in water or otherwise treated. Presumably the leaves are also poisonous.
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Visimu vyangu vyotola (Field Card)
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This song accompanies a game played with stones. The players squat in a circle and pass stones round from man to man in time with music. It has its origin in some Mission School and is not likely to be authentically Bemba.
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Wagona muntowa (Field Card)
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The Ugubu was a popular instrument with the Zulu of Natal several generations ago but few are now left in Natal. With the exception of one or two minor details this instrument is the same as that of the Zulu. The chief modification is the use of a straining bridge to increase the tension of the bark string. This b...
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Walianzi sunu Gengere (Field Card)
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Drinking songs are among the most popular items in the men's repertory no doubt because so many idle hours are spent in this convivial pastime while the women work.
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