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Instrument(s) Chorus; Drum; Flute; Mvet.

Year of Recording 1954.

Record Label Folkways Records.

Source Archive Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage.

Credits Recorded by Edwin Cozzens ; Produced by Edwin Cozzens ; Design by Ronald Clyne.

101 Dance Song Male Chorus 1:47.

102 Secret Society Initiation Song Male Voices, drum rattles and singing horn 2:14.

103 Folk Tale Wandering Minstrel with a mvet and chorus 3:01.

104 Song of Self-Praise Wandering Minstrel and chorus 2:46.

105 Song of Sorrow Male voices and chorus 2:05.

106 Dance Song Male voices and chorus 1:26.

107 Dance Song Mixed voices, drums, rattles and percussion sticks 3:17.

108 Women’s Dance Song Female voices and hand clapping 3:31.

109 Men’s Drinking Song Male voices and hand clapping 2:22.

201 Song of Self-Praise Traveling minstrel with chorus and rattles 4:04.

202 Work Song Male voices 2:57.

203 Men’s Dance Male voices, drums, sticks and handclapping 2:32.

204 Story Song Male voices and handclapping 3:55.

205 Flute Melody Old man with clapping and rattles 2:52.

206 War Song Male voices and chorus 2:06.

207 Sung to a Groom Men singing to the groom 2:17.

208 Sung by the Bride’s Relatives Mixed voices, drums, rattles and handclapping 4:08.