- Title
- Kela menda bakela milonga (The one who measures the water)
- Creator
- Tonga women led by Maria Musange
- 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/10962/138053
- Identifier
- vital:37588
- Identifier
- International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Identifier
- TR041-09
- Description
- This, they said, was called "clapping for rain" and is only performed by the women. It is sung at a special ceremony held at the local rainshrine in time of drought - usually December or January. It is obligatory for everyone to attend, but if anyone should fail to do so, they must bring the person in charge of the ceremony (who is appointed by the Chief and is called Sikatongo), either a pure black goat, a black hen or black beads. Rain song, with clapping.
- Format
- mp3
- Format
- 7" Reel
- Format
- 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
- Format
- Studer B67 Recorder
- Format
- Sound Forge V.6
- Format
- 00:02:17
- 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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