Kang'et chorwet

Title: Kang'et chorwet
Performer / Recordist: Bekiyebei Arap Mosonik and Cheriro Arap Korogoren; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Kipsigis (African people); Folk music--Kenya; Folk music; Field recordings
Description / content note: Another praise song, starting with the name of a nearby hill and other places. He also mentions the names of people in the district including the Chief Arap Kirui, Chief of Sotik. The dance which the audience performed during this song appeared to be a country of a European dance to which they had not given a name. Praise song with Chepkongo 6 string bowl lyre.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Kipsigis
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Kenya Kapkatet
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR166; 7
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:46
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/10962/177826