Ukugwiya

Title: Ukugwiya
Creator: Group of old Hlubi men
Creator: Hugh Tracey
Subject: Folk music--Africa
Subject: Folk music--South Africa
Subject: Tembu (African people)
Subject: Field recordings
Subject: Folk songs, Xhosa
Subject: Africa, Sub-Saharan
Subject: Africa South Africa Matatiele f-sa
Date Issued: 1957
Date: 1957
Type: sound recordings
Type: field recordings
Type: sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/139564
Identifier: vital:37751
Identifier: International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
Identifier: TR049-02
Description: Individual men spring out from the circle of singers and start their cries and their own song. The performance is continuous. The occasion uopn which this kind of song is sung is immediately after a circumcision ceremony. Some Hlubi call this Giya, others Gwiya. Post-initiation Giya dances with sticks.
Format: mp3
Format: 7" Reel
Format: 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
Format: Studer B67 Recorder
Format: Sound Forge V.6
Format: 00:09:40
Publisher: International Library of African Music
Language: Xhosa
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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