Wiyo walipulapula uganga

Title: Wiyo walipulapula uganga
Performer / Recordist: Mutalise, Shabani., Sergent; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Nyamwezi (African people); Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: "Your friends are punding charms. I left my wife at Tanga. Come and sleep with me. I love you so much. Come and sleep with me." The Manyanga dance is performed either by troupes of trained men or by both men and women together. When performed by a troupe it is an acrobatic dance and the dancers tie bells below the knee to enhance the rhythm of their steps. The tune itself is said to be a traditional melody. Manyanga dance for men and women.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Nyamwezi
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Tanzania Mwadui
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR149; 14
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:39
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/10962/173237