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Topical and ceremonial songs including rain songs from the Valley Tonga people of Zambia.
Streaming audio Available online
View online- Format:
- Sound recording
- Series:
- Smithsonian Global Sound.
- Language:
- Bantu (Other)
- Subjects (All):
- Tonga (Zambezi people)--Music.
- Tonga (Zambezi people).
- Folk songs--Zambia--Gwembe District.
- Folk songs.
- Zambia--Gwembe District.
- Genre:
- Folk songs.
- Event music.
- Field recordings.
- Music.
- Sound recordings.
- Folk music.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (19 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1957.
- Language Note:
- Sung in Tonga (Zambezi).
- Notes:
- Streaming audio files.
- Title from resource description page (viewed March 03, 2016).
- In 1957, Hugh Tracey recorded topical and ceremonial songs, including rainmaking songs, from the Valley Tonga people of Gwembe District, Zambezi Valley, Zambia, then called Northern Rhodesia.
- Other Format:
- Original cat. no.: ILAMTR041
- OCLC:
- 950026373
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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