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Reel No. 17; IW-1 February 5, 1965, n.d.
- Format:
- Sound recording
- Series:
- 17. Iwo (1965-1966)
- Darius Thieme Collection
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Sound recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- n.d.
- Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2019.
- System Details:
- digital
- optical
- Summary:
- Description: Scope/Content: Iwo: Friday Morning Music - [Eid-el-Kabir?] Instrumentation: Kakaki, dundun, bata, sekere, praise-singerDescription: Kakaki - long metal trumpets, possibly of Hausa originBata are a family of double-membrane, conical drums associated most notably with music of the deity Sango, who was believed to be the fourth king of the Yoruba, as well as with music for Egungun and Agbegijo masquerades. Its distribution is strongest where Sango worship is strongest. Mythology attributes the emergence of bata to the reign of Sango in Oyo.Sekere are rattles made from large calabashes that are strung with cowry shells. Cowries were formerly a common currency and now represent wealth and serve as "emblems of royalty." Sekere players are associated with [Aje, the deity of wealth]. This name is adopted as part of their own names as well in the names of the instruments - iya'je the leader, and isa'je the assistant. Although gourd vessel rattles have a long history in the region, the origins of the sekere are typically traced to the kingship of Old Oyo. Sekere was at one time restricted the Alaafin of Oyo and other paramount chiefs of the Yoruba, but today its use is widespread and it is included in a variety of neo-traditional (dundun-sekere) and popular (juju) music. It is most strongly distributed in central Yorubaland: Ife, Ibadan, Iseyin, Osogbo, and Oyo (Thieme 1969: 285-89).
- Participant:
- Contributors: Darius Louis Thieme.
- Notes:
- Item number: 2005.09_074.
- Includes updated metadata from Jesse Ruskin.Conserv. note: Digitized 2012-10-02 at 24bit/96khz. Staff note: Hand written liner notes included.
- Description based on online resource (viewed on 17 January, 2022).
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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