Arimau

Title: Arimau
Performer / Recordist: Njenje and Medje tipoyi carriers; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk songs, Mangbetu; Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: "We are the Tipoyi carriers of the Chief." This song was performed by the tipoyi carriers of Chief Ebandrombi. In this heavily wooded country of central and north eastern Congo most of the Chiefs, notables and officials use the sedanchair as their principal means of transport along the narrow forest paths. This is an attractive melody reminiscent of melodies composed by the Bemba of Northern Rhodesia which are also characterized by singing in parallel thirds. Work song with basket rattle.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Mangbetu
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Medje
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1952
Date issued / published: 1952
Identifier: TR0120; 6
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:37
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/10962/166797