- Title
- Londida ("A butterfly", the flighty girl)
- Creator
- Lamkhwanase Tsemba, 4 girls and group of men from the Queen mother's village
- Creator
- Hugh Tracey
- Subject
- Folk music--Africa
- Subject
- Field recordings
- Subject
- Folk songs, Swazi
- Subject
- Folk music
- Subject
- Africa Ewatini Lobamba, Mbabane f-sq
- Date Issued
- 1958
- Date
- 1958
- Type
- sound recordings
- Type
- field recordings
- Type
- sound recording-musical
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/152312
- Identifier
- vital:39245
- Identifier
- International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Identifier
- TR068-16
- Description
- A man in the group interpolated praises. The song is sung at weddings and also for the Mhlanga or "reed" ceremonies. It is only sung by the unmarried girls. Mhlanga ceremonial song for the reed ceremony.
- Format
- mp3
- Format
- 7" Reel
- Format
- 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
- Format
- Studer B67 Recorder
- Format
- Sound Forge V.6
- Format
- 00:02:52
- Publisher
- International Library of African Music
- Language
- Swati
- 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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