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Wa ya ye ku chika. Chishiba mai walene (Field Card)
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The recording starts with the sound of the four women sounding and singing into their singing gourds. The vibration of their lips can be heard clearly in parts of the recording. The style of melody is typical of their district of origin - the Kasai Province of Southern Congo.
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Wa ya ye ku chika. Chishiba mai walene (Track)
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The item starts with the sound of the double bell and a weighted drum, followed by the recitative statement by the leader. Eventually the full chorus begins with a simple repeated refrain. The pauses in the drum rhythm mark the moment when one of the drummers throws up his drum into the air, catches it again betwe...
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Wachezalada wabyozakulya (Field Card)
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We should eat together, but that does not mean we should share the same woman.' The leader was dressed up in his dancing kit, with feather head dress, red ochre on the face and rag dress. The singers were workers on the Mwadui Diamond mines, recruited locally. The song features a character whom they call Sajeni Me...
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Wachezalada wabyozakulya (Track)
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We should eat together, but that does not mean we should share the same woman.' The leader was dressed up in his dancing kit, with feather head dress, red ochre on the face and rag dress. The singers were workers on the Mwadui Diamond mines, recruited locally. The song features a character whom they call Sajeni Me...
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Wainaga (Field Card)
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This is an example of a song sung at the preliminary feast before circumcision. On the day before the event the people enjoy a great feast of many varieties of food and drink after which they sing these songs. Some of the verses are in the form of riddles and others may be both pointed and harsh.
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Wakazali Inhaminga (Field Card)
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The instruments were made in 1955. The main xylophone was played by an older boy (about seventeen years). They are very simple, frame xylophones, crudely made. The leader is called Nyanga and the other players are Anamovi. The instrument is three legged. The resonating gourds are fastened alternately up and down a...
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Wakazali Inhaminga (Track)
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Inhaminga is the village in Mozambique beyond the Zambezi river from this district about 100 miles away to the south and about half way to the port of Beira. The drum is held horizontally between the knees, membrane facing outwards -- mirliton upwards, the player sitting on the ground. By raising and lowering his...
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Wakhala, wekha (Field Card)
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The song is said to have been sung when people were on the move. It appears to be a morality song. "Waklala wekha Wetaka withuwele Mwaklala eli Mwetaka mwithuwele Mwaklala athanu Mwetaka mwithuwele." (as written). " when you are alone, be careful when on the path. When you are two, also be careful. When you are ma...
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Walalemela mugundu (Field Card)
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The Mangala dance is usually performed with bell rattles tied onto the ankles, the performers standing around the drums and occasionally dancing round in a circle with short shuffling steps. The bells are of two pitches, high and low, a pair being strapped to left and right ankles of each dancer.
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Walalemela mugundu (Track)
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The Mangala dance is usually performed with bell rattles tied onto the ankles, the performers standing around the drums and occasionally dancing round in a circle with short shuffling steps. The bells are of two pitches, high and low, a pair being strapped to left and right ankles of each dancer.
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