Pulana yoo rara bule (Let there be gentle rain)

Title: Pulana yoo rara bule (Let there be gentle rain)
Creator: Meini Mokgosi and about 30 women
Creator: Hugh Tracey
Subject: Folk songs, Tswana
Subject: Tswana (African people)
Subject: Folk music
Subject: Field recordings
Subject: Africa, Sub-Saharan
Subject: Africa South Africa Ramoutsa f-sa
Date Issued: 1959
Date: 1959
Type: sound recordings
Type: field recordings
Type: sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/165475
Identifier: vital:41247
Identifier: International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
Identifier: TR0112-08
Description: "Let there be gentle rain upon the earth, clouds on earth, rain on earth. We are pierced by thorns. Clouds on earth. Herd of cattle bring themselves home." This rain song is sung from October to December and in times of drought, but also sung on festive or ceremonial occassions. Sung by both men and women. This song has a particularly long melolic line. Rain song.
Format: mp3
Format: 7" Reel
Format: 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
Format: Studer B67 Recorder
Format: Sound Forge V.6
Format: 00:04:30
Publisher: International Library of African Music
Language: Tswana/Lete
Rights: International Library of African Music
Rights: Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Ceative Commons "Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike" License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/)

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