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This dance song is sung to wind up the evening and to show the dancing is at an end.

Songs sung in the late evening after supper just before they go to sleep are a feature of the musical life of the Chewa it would appear. "Lembani kalata kwa masula nkutali-ee Yayi toto ine zilowe mu bus ndrama." "Write a letter to Masula saying it is very far. No I don't want to put money in the bus (pay for the bus fare)." a song as if far away from home. It was first son at Cikula's district, about 3 miles away, they say. 

This Buudu tribe is said to have come across the Savannah along the northern edge of the great tropical Ituri forest from the Ruwenzori mountains in the East to this present locality in North Central Congo. On their way they are said to have become much influenced by the Mbuti Pygmies, several of their songs and dances closely resembling those of the dwarfs. Their pet name for the pygmies is Batikitki.

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 attached. The signals may have arisen from messages in the past but the skill of 'talking' on the drums has almost if not entirely vani... 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 attached. The signals may have arisen from messages in the past but the skill of 'talking' on the drums has almost if not entirely vanished among the Mangbele. The significance of the 'Tamatsaro' signal was not explained. Show more Show less