- Title
- Watenga mbengo ndani (Who took the chief's towell?)
- Creator
- Older men of Njolomole
- Creator
- Hugh Tracey
- Subject
- Folk music--Africa
- Subject
- Field recordings
- Subject
- Ngoni (African people)
- Subject
- Arts, Malawi
- Subject
- Folk music
- Subject
- Africa Malawi Njolomoe, Ncheu District, Central Nyasaland f-mw
- Date Issued
- 1959
- Date
- 1959
- Type
- sound recordings
- Type
- field recordings
- Type
- sound recording-musical
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/154829
- Identifier
- vital:39783
- Identifier
- International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Identifier
- TR084-03
- Description
- This kind of song, they say, was sung at the gathering to remember a dead person. The Chief's towell was a cloth which was wrapped around the blade of a short spear which the chief held in his hand in order to wipe the perspiration off his face while he danced. "Who took the chief's towell, Oyayo! who ever it is, bring back Oyayo! look everywhere where the chief's people are, until you find it." Chitoto obsequies after funeral with small iron bells.
- 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
- Ngoni
- 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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