Belle Mere-o (I)

Audio file
Date recorded: June 27, 1962
Contributor(s): Performer: Bélè group; Performer: Joseph, Paul; Performer: Laville, Octavia; Performer: Honorie, Liza; Performer: Honorie, Famie; Performer: George, Desima; Performer: George, Cecil; Performer: Edward, Violet; Performer: Carbon, Sonia; Performer: Carbon, Lawrence; Performer: Boulou, Lourna; Performer: Andrew, Magdelin; Performer: Abraham, Miranda; Recordist: Lomax, Alan
Subject(s):
Genre: bélè
Culture: Caribbean, Dominica
Instruments: drum(s), voice
Language: Dominican Creole French
Location: Woodford Hill, Saint Andrew Parish, Dominica
Physical form: Reel to Reel
Tape number: T1138
Track Number: 7
Archive ID: T1138R07
Note: Alternating solo voice and call-and-response sections.
Belongs to: Woodford Hill 6/62
About the session: This session features a variety of groups and performance styles. It begins with a group performing songs and game songs that would typically be sung during a wake, followed by a work group gang, a bélè (also bélé) group, and a steel band. The session concludes with two performances of children’s songs and lullabies.
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