Ameta mpala wamaliro (Field Card)
of International Library of African Music (ILAM), in Hugh Tracey Fieldwork Collection and the Sound of Africa Series, TR079 (1958) , 2 page(s)
Details
- Field of Interest
- World Music
- Copyright Message
- Material sourced from the International Library of African Music. Copyright International Library of African Music.
- Description
- "Ameta mpala wamaliro sizale de abweleka de Ameta mpala wamaliro dzsoneni, dzsoneni! Sizale de yobwele kela de." "He shaves his head after the funeral. The scissors are broken, he borrowed them. The scissors are broken, come and see, come and see. Borrowwed scissors, broken." All relatives, both male and female, shave the hair off their heads after the funeral of a relative, although this CHEWA custom is not now observed by younger people.
- Content Type
- Field notes
- Anthropologist / Ethnographer
- Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977
- Format
- Text
- Sub Genre
- Song
- Page Count
- 2
- Series Number
- TR079
- Subject
- World Music, Anthropology, Music & Performing Arts, Social Sciences, Africa, Cultural anthropology, África, Antropologia Cultural, Antropología Cultural, Dowa, Central Region (Malawi)
- Keywords and Translated Subjects
- África, Antropologia Cultural, Antropología Cultural