Stick dance

Date recorded: May 5, 1962
Contributor(s): Performer: Saraswati Prakash Group; Performer: Unidentified men; Performer: Krishna, Sookdeo Ram; Recordist: Lomax, Alan

Subject(s):

Genre: dance, tan singing

Culture: Caribbean, Trinidad

Instruments: manjira, voice

Setting: Society of Indian Art and Music

Location: Penal, Penal/Debe, Penal/Debe, Trinidad and Tobago

Physical form: Reel to Reel

Tape number: T1081

Track Number: 8

Archive ID: T1081R08

Note: Dance-drama accompanied by singing. The performance setting is male chorus singing in unison. The singing is accompanied by kartel (clappers with jingles) and manjira (small cymbals). Alan Lomax notes that four of the performers are adolescent boys (Field Notes).

Transcript:
Belongs to: Penal 5/62

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