Kacaso wabotolo (Spirits from the bottle)

Title: Kacaso wabotolo (Spirits from the bottle)
Performer / Recordist: Chewa women; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Field recordings; Songs, Chewa; Songs, Nyanja; Nyanja (African people); Chewa (African people); Folk music; Africa Malawi Kotakota
Description / content note: The simple facts of life like the 'hotness' of chillies or the strength of liquor is quite enough to establish a dance melody. The women of this region appear to have a distinctive and separate musical life. "Brandy from the bottle I do not drink because I find it too hot for me." Chillies are sometimes added to the drink as flavouring. Kacaso, it was explained, meant any strong drink and from the women's point of view this also included bottled beer. Chintala dance.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Nyanja; Chewa
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1958
Date issued / published: 1958
Identifier: TR096; 8
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:16
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/10962/160043