Hamolo

Title: Hamolo
Performer / Recordist: Salim Zeydan with Arab men; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Music--Kenya; Songs, Swahili--Kenya; Songs, Swahili--Tanzania; Field recordings
Description / content note: A song which is sung when the bridegroom is having his head and beard shaved. "We have shaved him by force. Let us rejoice together." Wedding song, with 1 Hayir bass drum, 1 Maras bass drum, played with hands, 2 Tasa bowl drums, laced, played with sticks and clapping (-12.02-).
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Arabic
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa Kenya Malindi
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1950
Date issued / published: 1950
Identifier: TR171; 15
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:01:18
File format: wav
Sample Rate: 15 ips reel
Provenance: 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/10962/180021