Kyanyina Maraiga

Title: Kyanyina Maraiga
Performer / Recordist: Felisiano Karungula with Haya boys; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Haya (African people); Nyoro (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: Kyayina Maraiga is the name of a certain woman who played the Nyimba gourd rattles very well. She was popular on this account. She also had a large shamba or garden of cassava. The song speeds up considerably towards the end. Ruyaigo dance song for boys and girls, with conical laced drum, 1 gourd rattle (-12.54-) and clapping (-12.03-).
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Nyoro; Haya
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Tanzania Bukoba
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR146; 15
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:26
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/10962/172631