O Bele

Genres / Genres

mouth music, wake song, bélè

Performers / Performers

Canovil, Amil

Canovil, Haniel

Canovil, Sevil

George, Cyril

Abraham, Matthew

Wrench, Altima

Look, Delena

Noble, John

Laurence, Elvanan

Nom du groupe / Group name

Wake Group

Disposition / Setting

Unspecified

Lieu / Location

Mahaut

Langage / Language

Créole Français de Dominique

Session / Session

Mahaut II 6/62

Date / Date

23/06/1962

Information de référence / Reference information

T1125.0, Track 05 (00:02:15)

Sessions notes / Sessions notes

This session features songs and song stories (kont) that typically accompany a wake. Styles / genres include bélè (also bèlè), hymns, and work songs, as well as a number of interviews.

Note d'enregistrement / Recording notes

Antiphonal singing between the lead singers and the chorus. Handclapping (and perhaps the use of qua qua) and mizik djel (mouth music) throughout.

Collection / Collection

Caribbean 1962

General information / Information générale

Ce document provient de la collecte réalisée par Alan Lomax dans les Petites Antilles en 1962. Propriété de l'Association for Cultural Equity. Pour toute autre utilisation, contactez l'Association for Cultural Equity (www.culturalequity.org)

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