Ameta mpala wamaliro (Shaving the head after a funeral)

Title: Ameta mpala wamaliro (Shaving the head after a funeral)
Performer / Recordist: Gezani Mwale; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Field recordings; Songs, Nyanja; Songs, Chewa; Nyanja (African people); Chewa (African people); Folk music; Africa Malawi Dowa District, Central Nyasaland
Description / content note: "He shaves his head after the funeral. The scissors are broken, he borrowed them. The scissors are broken, come and see, come and see. Borrowed scissors, broken." All relatives, both male and female, shave their hair off their heads after the funeral of a relative, although this CHEWA custom is not now observed by younger people. Self delectative song with Sansi.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Nyanja; Chewa; Chichewa
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1958
Date issued / published: 1958
Identifier: TR079; 11
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:01:23
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/10962/154056