Mutitira (Happiness)

Title: Mutitira (Happiness)
Performer / Recordist: S. Ruhume, Akiki with Toro men; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Music--Uganda; Nyoro (African people); Nyankole (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: "The bird has seen its friend, that is why it is happy." This means that the host at the party is happy with his friends. The Mateguru dance is frequently performed at drinking parties. The song makes a very jolly round. Mateguru dance song for men and women with Emugudu cylindrical drum, footed, pegged, one conical drum laced, single, played with hands.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Nyoro; Nyankole
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Uganda Bukuku
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR0136; 1
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:27
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/10962/170373