Pygmy dance I

Title: Pygmy dance I
Performer / Recordist: Mambuti Pygmy men and women; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Songs, Swahili; Mbuti (African people); Swahili-speaking peoples; Pygmies; Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: Amongst these little people the words for song and for dance are almost synonymous. Because so few local Bantu are able to speak the Pygmy language, it is most difficult to obtain exact informationfro them on this account. Much argument and discussion went on before and after each item. The high pitched beat is the sound of the stick striking the outside of the drum. Dance with conical laced drum, pipes and hand clapping.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Congo Swahili
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Democratic Republic of Congo Gombari
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1952
Date issued / published: 1952
Identifier: TR0125; 11
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:55
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/10962/168241