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| :: Title :: |
Monokayo (II) |
| :: Genre :: |
bongo, wake song |
| :: Performers & Instruments :: |
| Alexander, Walter [vocal] |
| Andrews, Allios [vocal] |
| Balfour, Cyril [vocal] |
| Bonaparte, Randolph [vocal] |
| Bonaparte, William [vocal] |
| Davis, Mickey [vocal] |
| Joseph, Paul [vocal] |
| Joseph, Peter [vocal] |
| Moto, Emelda [vocal] |
| Quinton, Egbert [vocal] |
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| :: Group Name :: |
Bongo group |
| :: Setting :: |
Unspecified |
| :: Location :: |
Cumana (Sangre-Grande), Trinidad (Trinidad and Tobago) |
| :: Language :: |
Trinidadian Creole English |
| :: Culture :: |
Caribbean, Trinidad, Afro-Trinidadian |
| :: Session :: |
Cumana 4/62
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| :: Date :: |
4/26/1962 |
| :: Reference Information :: |
T1053.0, Track 11 (00:02:10) |
| :: Original Format :: |
Reel to Reel
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| :: Session Notes :: |
| 1 - This session begins with instrumental performances involving cuatro ? small four-stringed Venezuelan guitar ? and fiddle (tape 1053, tracks 5, 7, 9), followed by the alternating lead-chorus singing style characteristic of bongo performances (tape 1053, tapes 10-12; and tape 1055, track 1, 3, 5, 7). Also, interspersed throughout this session are five interviews with individual performers (tape 1053, track 6, 8; and tape 1055, track 2, 6, 8). The instrumental performances are meant to accompany a number of dance styles, namely a bélè (song-dance), a quadrille (Afro-Caribbean interpretation of nineteenth-century European set dance), and a ?jig.? Bongo performances occur at a Trinidadian wake and feature music and dance to placate ancestors. [Source: Recording and Field Log] |
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| :: Recording Notes :: |
| 0 - Performance includes leader-chorus alternation, qua qua (bamboo sticks), and handclapping. Field log credits a seven-person chorus. [Source: Editor] |
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| :: Collection :: |
Caribbean 1962 |
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