He ba bua kgethwa baeme (They thrash skins)

Title: He ba bua kgethwa baeme (They thrash skins)
Creator: Tweleve Kwena men
Creator: Hugh Tracey
Subject: Folk songs, Tswana
Subject: Tswana (African people)
Subject: Kwena (African people)
Subject: Folk music
Subject: Field recordings
Subject: Africa, Sub-Saharan
Subject: Africa Botswana Molepolole f-bs
Date Issued: 1959
Date: 1959
Type: sound recordings
Type: field recordings
Type: sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/162826
Identifier: vital:40987
Identifier: International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
Identifier: TR0109-10
Description: "They thrash skins. Early in the morning with the marks of strips on their backs." The translation is doubtful. It appears that flagellation forms an important part of Tswana men's initiation rites. Male initiation song.
Format: mp3
Format: 7" Reel
Format: 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
Format: Studer B67 Recorder
Format: Sound Forge V.6
Format: 00:03:37
Publisher: International Library of African Music
Language: Tswana/Kwena
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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