Zambia [sound recording] : the songs of mukanda : music of the secret society of the Luvale people of Central Africa

Additional Titles: Music of the secret society of the Luvale people of Central Africa and Songs of mukanda
Published: Barre, VT : Multicultural Media, [1997]
Copyright Date: ℗1997
Physical Description: 1 audio disc (61 min., 47 sec.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

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Series

Music of the earth (Multicultural Media (Firm : Barre, Vt.))

Contents

Ndumbamwelela (3:01) -- Lilombola songs (9:13) -- Sunrise songs (1:52) -- Sunset songs (3:20) -- Meal ritual (2:57; 4:22) -- Water-bearing songs (2:44) -- Greting and bidding farewell to guests (1:18) -- Kukuwa songs (20:55) -- Jingunda (2:14) -- The eve of the purification ceremony (4:35) -- Purification ceremony (1:21) -- Final ceremony (3:05).

Subject(s)

Note

"This recording is drawn from the 80-volume CD collection, Music of the earth: Fieldworkers' sound collections, originally released in 1992 in Japan under the supervision of Tomoaki Fujii by Victor Company of Japan (JVC) in collaboration with the National Museum of Ethnology (Japan) and Smithsonian/Folkways Records (USA)"--Notes, p. 15.
Compact disc.
Tracks 3-8, 12-13, and part of track 11 are monaural.
Original notes by Ken'ichi Tsukada, in English translation from the Japanese (17] p. : ill., map) inserted in container.
Instrumental and vocal music.

Participant/Performer Note

Various performers.

Data/Place of Event

Field recordings by Ken'ichi Tsukada, 1982-1984.

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