Peter Cooke Uganda Collection
'Runyege' dance
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Type
sound
Duration
00:12:33
Cultures
Tooro
Shelf mark
C23/5
Recording date
1966-10-09
Is part of (Collection)
Peter Cooke Uganda Recordings
Recording locations
Fort Portal, Western Province, Uganda
Performers
Unidentified (group)
Recordist
Cooke, Peter
Description
Performance note: This recording features two long drums: one cylindrical double skin drum; nine dancers wearing rafts of seed rattles stretched around their calves holding bells in their hands. Performer's note: Group from Rubona, Tooro. Recording note: Recordings made during a visit to Fort Portal, Tooro district, for the Independence Anniversary Celebrations on the police ground. There were 4 different groups of entertainers from various parts of Tooro, performing on the field in a large roped enclosure before a large and appreciative crowd. Recordist's note: In Peter Cooke's notes, this is on TAPE PC 7, TRACK A, item no. 1.
Metadata record:
'Runyege' dance
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