Ndkapiga sinu kulwitu = Keep yourself ready

Title: Ndkapiga sinu kulwitu = Keep yourself ready
Performer / Recordist: Chandarwa Waya with Giryama men; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Giryama (African people); Folk music--Kenya; Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: This Msego dance started with the sound of the horn, followed by the leader of the group who sings the first verse. This is repeated by the dancers whistling the melody twice over after which the dance proper begins with rattles. Msego mourning dance song with Kayamba raft rattles, a gourd horn (-11.121-) and whistling.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Giryama
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Kenya Malindi
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR163; 2
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:49
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/10962/176661