Audio file

Date recorded: July 16, 1962
Contributor(s): Performer: Les Roses; Performer: Unidentified men; Performer: Nart, Richard; Performer: Nart, Gilbert; Performer: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Dorvan, Clébert; Recordist: Lomax, Alan

Subject(s):

Genre: toumblak

Culture: French Antillian, Guadeloupe

Instruments: boula drum, drum(s), makè drum, voice

Language: Guadeloupean Creole French

Location: Lasserre, Morne-à-l’Eau, Guadeloupe, France

Physical form: Reel to Reel

Tape number: T1165

Track Number: 6

Archive ID: T1165R06

Note: Antiphonal exchange between lead singer and chorus.

Transcript:
Belongs to: Lasserre 7/62

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