- Title
- Tuwamba kayobwa (We are praying for clouds)
- Creator
- Group of Tonga women
- Creator
- Hugh Tracey
- Subject
- Folk music--Africa
- Subject
- Tonga (Zambezi people)
- Subject
- Folk songs, Tonga (Zambezi)
- Subject
- Music--Zambia
- Subject
- Africa Zambia Gwembe f-za
- Date Issued
- 1957
- Date
- 1957
- Type
- sound recordings
- Type
- field recordings
- Type
- sound recording-musical
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/138089
- Identifier
- vital:37592
- Identifier
- International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Identifier
- TR041-13
- Description
- The Valley Tonga have rain shrines in or near most of their larger villages where the people will come and humbly beg for rain through the medium of their rain officials specially appointed for this duty. The begging or imploring is done by the clappingof hands in respect and supplication to the Midzimu or whatever spirits are concerned with bringing rain in the early summer months of October to December. The women appear to be specially associated with the ceremonies and sing many such "rain songs." Rain song with clapping.
- Format
- mp3
- Format
- 7" Reel
- Format
- 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
- Format
- Studer B67 Recorder
- Format
- Sound Forge V.6
- Format
- 00:01:58
- Publisher
- International Library of African Music
- Language
- Tonga
- Rights
- International Library of African Music
- Rights
- Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons "Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike" License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/)
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