Kuhiga

Title: Kuhiga
Performer / Recordist: Haya men and Jason the Chief's hunting dog; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Music--Uganda; Haya (African people); Nyoro (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: This was a very cheerful demonstration of a hunting party with the sound of the bells which are attached to the dogs' collars of plaited leather. The dog, Jason, which belonged to the Chief Gabriel Lugabandana, joined in the recording with a right good will, and enjoyed the hunting cries by the men as they pretended to go otter hunting in the wooded marshes in the valleys near the lake. Hunting cry and song with bells and hunting horn.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Nyoro; Haya
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Tanzania / Uganda Kabale / Bukoba
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR144; 8
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:15
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/10962/171963