Pulana yoo rara bule (Let there be gentle rain)

Title: Pulana yoo rara bule (Let there be gentle rain)
Performer / Recordist: Meini Mokgosi and about 30 women; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk songs, Tswana; Tswana (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: "Let there be gentle rain upon the earth, clouds on earth, rain on earth. We are pierced by thorns. Clouds on earth. Herd of cattle bring themselves home." This rain song is sung from October to December and in times of drought, but also sung on festive or ceremonial occassions. Sung by both men and women. This song has a particularly long melolic line. Rain song.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Tswana; Lete
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa -- South Africa Ramoutsa
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1959
Date issued / published: 1959
Identifier: TR0112; 8
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:04:30
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/10962/165475