Eruko

Title: Eruko
Performer / Recordist: Baiyani Medureki with Arusha men and women; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Maasai (African people); Songs, Maasai; Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: "Sing the chorus, you young men and women. For we are the brave of the country." While the girls sing the words of the chorus, the men sing the tyoical humming sounds in unision. A delightfully intricate song and not at all easy to follow on the first hearing. Osingolio Londoiyo dance song for menand women.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Masai
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Tanzania Arusha
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR154; 1
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:45
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/10962/174054