Kali Bili (Field Card)

Name: Kali Bili (Field Card)
Author: Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977

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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: Praise song for a Chief, with 4 conical drums, 1 large bell drum, 2 pod drums, 1 small cylindrical drum, 2 small slit drums, 1 double metal bell, basket rattles and metal hand bell. "We honour our Chief, we are ready for him to inspect our work." The song is sung when the Chief arrives in a village on a visit. The Medje tribe lives in a fertile palm forest region south of the small town of Paulis. The music is strangely reminiscent of that of the Bemba from the South Eastern borders of the Congo and N. Rhodesia a thousand miles away.
Content Type: Field notes
Anthropologist / Ethnographer: Hugh Tracey, 1903-1977
Format: Text
Sub Genre: Praise Song
Page Count: 1
Series Number: TR120
Subject: World Music, Anthropology, Music & Performing Arts, Social Sciences, Africa, Cultural anthropology, África, Antropologia Cultural, Antropología Cultural, Paulis, Isiro, Haut-Uele Province
Keywords and Translated Subjects: África, Antropologia Cultural, Antropología Cultural, Paulis