Notes on an idiophone used in Kabile initiation rites by the Mbae
In October, 1953, I sent to the British Museum parts of a tripartite musical apparatus used by the Mbae (Bamanga) tribe during the initiation rites known as Kabile. These were obtained shortly before I left for furlough in Europe in 1950 and I hoped on my return a year later to visit the Mbae area and obtain records of the music used for dancing in which this apparatus played a part. In 1951, however, I had to take up work in another part of Congo and have not yet been able to visit the Mbae country. It may be worth while writing a short note on the interesting idiophone seen, for comparison w... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 1954 |
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International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Rhodes University |
Schlagwörter: | Belgian Congo / Mba (African people) / Initiation rites -- Congo (Democratic Republic) / Musical instruments -- Congo (Democratic Republic) / Idiophones / Music and dance -- Congo (Democratic Republic) / Ethnomusicology |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://journal.ru.ac.za/index.php/africanmusic/article/view/222 |
In October, 1953, I sent to the British Museum parts of a tripartite musical apparatus used by the Mbae (Bamanga) tribe during the initiation rites known as Kabile. These were obtained shortly before I left for furlough in Europe in 1950 and I hoped on my return a year later to visit the Mbae area and obtain records of the music used for dancing in which this apparatus played a part. In 1951, however, I had to take up work in another part of Congo and have not yet been able to visit the Mbae country. It may be worth while writing a short note on the interesting idiophone seen, for comparison with similar instruments used elsewhere in the hope that a fuller account, accompanied by musical data, may be published later.