- Title
- Amtheka cingondo (They have put the clay hat on)
- Creator
- Thawani Mwale
- Creator
- Hugh Tracey
- Subject
- Folk music--Africa
- Subject
- Field recordings
- Subject
- Songs, Nyanja
- Subject
- Songs, Chewa
- Subject
- Nyanja (African people)
- Subject
- Chewa (African people)
- Subject
- Folk music
- Subject
- Africa Malawi Mulvi, Salima District, Central Nyasaland f-mw
- Date Issued
- 1958
- Date
- 1958
- Type
- sound recordings
- Type
- field recordings
- Type
- sound recording-musical
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153365
- Identifier
- vital:39442
- Identifier
- International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Identifier
- TR076-07
- Description
- At the initiation of girls after the girls have been clothed and are taken to the place of initiation the woman officiating puts a heavy clay hat on the girls' head. The girls sing "They have put on the clay hats. Yours, my friend, suits you very well." Initiation song with Bangwe board.
- Format
- mp3
- Format
- 7" Reel
- Format
- 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
- Format
- Studer B67 Recorder
- Format
- Sound Forge V.6
- Format
- 00:01:35
- Publisher
- International Library of African Music
- Language
- Nyanja, Chewa, Chichewa
- 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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