Abale ndutani (Field Card)

Abale ndutani (Field Card)

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Field of Interest
World Music
Copyright Message
Material sourced from the International Library of African Music. Copyright International Library of African Music.
Description
The two people mentioned in the song are imaginary and not actual people. "Ndachinyuka Pitaria Pakuti wakalomba mano Kubwera Bitoni ngati amakoza Galimoto kuseka kwache Ngati nchinu was galimoto." "I will not say any more, Pitoria (sometime pronounced Vitoria by the singers). For you have no teeth left. "Yes," she said, "but you, Bitoni, when you come near you sound like Thomas, you make a noise like a motor car engine. When you laugh you make a noise like a maize mill." Pitoria was an old woman who was married to Bitoni. He told her she was now too old.
Content Type
Field notes
Anthropologist / Ethnographer
Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977
Format
Text
Sub Genre
Narrative Songs
Page Count
2
Series Number
TR087
Subject
World Music, Anthropology, Music & Performing Arts, Social Sciences, Africa, Cultural anthropology, África, Antropologia Cultural, Antropología Cultural, Nsanje District, Port Herald District, Lower Shire District, Lower River, Nsanje, Southern Region (Malawi)
Keywords and Translated Subjects
África, Antropologia Cultural, Antropología Cultural, Nsanje District, Port Herald District, Lower Shire District, Lower River

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