Bengiyo shela

Title: Bengiyo shela
Performer / Recordist: Group of 8 young Swazi men; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Field recordings; Folk songs, Swazi; Folk music; Africa Eswatini Emkhuzweni, Northern District
Description / content note: The singers, who were sitting on the ground, all bent their heads on their folded arms while singing this song. It is the first opening movement of this dance before actully dancing. The dance itself is a variation of the Ndlamu stamping dance found all through Zululand and as far south as Thabankulu in the Transkei. "Bengiyo shela. Bengiyo shela ka lo bamba. Ngiyoshele malangena." Youn men's dance. Isibacha.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Swati
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1958
Date issued / published: 1958
Identifier: TR073; 13
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:01:29
File format: wav
Sample Rate: 15 ips reel
Digitisation (original): 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo; Studer B67 Recorder; Sound Forge V.6
Rights Holder: International Library of African Music
License: CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Access Rights: Public
Is Part Of: ILAM Hugh Tracey Sound of Africa Series
Format: audio/mp3
Genre: field recordings
handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/153042