Re a ya ka Uhogo ya Motho (We go with the head of a person)

Title: Re a ya ka Uhogo ya Motho (We go with the head of a person)
Performer / Recordist: Mapidio Elisabeth Mothulwe and 30 women; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk songs, Tswana; Tswana (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: "Tell us to return, we go with a person's head. We, go, we go to this village. We go with a person's head." During the song of the women shouts a 'praise'. The 'head of a person or human being', means the bride who they are carrying. The song is connected with the gift, part of the bridal or wedding presents which are given to the uncle of the bride. Marriage song, with drum.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Tswana; Kgatla
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa -- South Africa Saulspoort
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1959
Date issued / published: 1959
Identifier: TR0116; 4
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:02
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/10962/165951