Mwen-chélé-o-bwa

Genres / Genres

wake song, boula

Performers / Performers

Carbon, Joseph

Benjamin, Volnie

Jones, Isadore

Andrew, Magdelin

Bartholomew, Renada

Andrew, Hubert

Lawrence, Joseph

Carbon, John

Henderson, Frank

Bontiffe, Clarsen

Mondesire, David

Carbon, Grin

Nom du groupe / Group name

Wake Game Group

Disposition / Setting

Unspecified

Lieu / Location

Woodford Hill

Langage / Language

Créole Français de Dominique

Session / Session

Woodford Hill 6/62

Date / Date

27/06/1962

Information de référence / Reference information

T1137.0, Track 03 (00:03:22)

Sessions notes / Sessions notes

This session features a variety of groups and performance styles. It begins with a group performing songs and game songs that would typically be sung during a wake, followed by a work group gang, a bélè (also bélé) group, and a steel band. The session concludes with two performances of children?s songs and lullabies. Some of the recordings can be found on Caribbean Voyage: Dominica (Rounder 1724).

Note d'enregistrement / Recording notes

Alternating solo voice and call-and-response sections. Handclapping and bouladjèl (?mouth drumming?) 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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