Kuchonga Wigasha (The sitting dance)

Title: Kuchonga Wigasha (The sitting dance)
Creator: Mwikuru Kija with Sukuma men
Creator: Hugh Tracey
Subject: Nyamwezi (African people)
Subject: Sukuma (African people)
Subject: Folk songs, Sukuma
Subject: Folk music
Subject: Field recordings
Subject: Africa, Sub-Saharan
Subject: Africa Tanzania Maswa f-tz
Date Issued: 1950
Date: 1950
Type: sound recordings
Type: field recordings
Type: sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/173813
Identifier: vital:42413
Identifier: International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
Identifier: TR152-14
Description: "Come and see us dance the sitting dance." This is done by men sitting on a bench or other suitable seat. They move their feet and arms and upper part of the body, particularly flinging their arms up and around in concerted rhythmic actions. Wigasha dance song for men and women.
Format: mp3
Format: 7" Reel
Format: 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
Format: Studer B67 Recorder
Format: Sound Forge V.6
Format: 00:02:26
Publisher: International Library of African Music
Language: Nyamwezi
Language: Sukuma
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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