Aufuékay Do Mama Do Mama

Audio file

Date recorded: May 2, 1962
Contributor(s): Performer: Rose of Sharon Singers; Performer: Stoute, Jean Eustache; Performer: Reyes, Annestine; Performer: Ramaize, Sicirao; Performer: Moline, Andrew; Performer: Lequay, W. Alwyn; Performer: Fournillier, Herman; Performer: Charles, Procope; Performer: Castiano, Rosy; Performer: Castiano, J.B.; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: bongo, game song
Culture: Caribbean, Trinidad
Instruments: drum(s), guitar, roller drum, voice
Setting: A police station
Language: Trinidadian Creole French
Location: Blanchisseuse, Tunapuna/Piarco, Trinidad and Tobago
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T1068
Track Number: 11
Archive ID: T1068R11
Note: Singing that accompanies a bongo or wake-house ritual. Female lead with alternating chorus sections and handclapping.
Transcript:
Belongs to: Blanchisseuse 5/62
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