O-o Mashego
Item
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Title
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O-o Mashego
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Description / content note
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Sung by the girls after the initiation ceremonies are over. They dress up in skins and wear small mirrors and go about among the houses and people, dancing and asking for presents. The initiation school lasts for two months and follows much the same lines as those of the Tswana. Many young Africans from Kenya southwards use metal whistles for their dances, blowing them continously as in this item; the result is deafening to the audience but apparently most enjoyable to the young who seem to be impervious to the noise. "Oh-oh Mashego has won. He has won by driving the wizards away." Three girls post-initiation song with 2 drums, leg rattles and whistles
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Publisher
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International Library of African Music (ILAM)
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Date issued / published
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1963
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Identifier
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TR195
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5
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Is Format Of
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Analog reel item
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Duration (time)
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00:01:20
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File format
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wav
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Sample Rate
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15 ips reel
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Digitisation (original)
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96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
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Studer B67 Recorder
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Sound Forge V.6
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Rights Holder
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International Library of African Music
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License
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CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
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Access Rights
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Public
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Is Part Of
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ILAM Hugh Tracey Sound of Africa Series
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Format
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audio/mp3
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Genre
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field recordings