Note: Narrated story interspersed with singing. The songs are unaccompanied and feature call-and-response between the lead singer and chorus singing in (octave) unison. Intermittent handclapping throughout. Also note call-and-response exchange between the speaker and the audience.
About the session: Story-telling, kont, boat-pulling songs, digging songs, and work songs from the sawpit.
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