Add to ORKGMongika is the present Chief of the Mangbele. He and his two wives wore headdresses made of the scarlet tail feathers of the Congo parrot, a mark of distinction in this area. In this region on the northern edge of the great tropical forest large trees enable the people to make slit drums of many different shapes and sizes. Membranes for the ordinary kind of African drums are rare as antelopes are not easily found in the forest. The slit drums are therefore the more popular instruments for accompanying dances. Topical song with two wooden pod shaped slit drums, two cylindrical wooden slit drums, two basket rattles, two metal bells
This set of drums is played when there is a special ceremonial gathering such as the opening of the ...
The canoes of the Wagenya are large dugouts, often 60 feet in length and about 30 to 50 inches in wi...
The tune is based upon a song which says that Kalagala was a chief in Busoga who caught and killed t...
Mongika is the present Chief of the Mangbele. He and his two wives wore headdresses made of the scar...
The slit drum is called mutumba (the canoe) and the cylindrical drum is Nguma. This group is situate...
The Mangbele are a sub-group of the Mangbetu, mixed with the Mamvy. Most tribes in this north easter...
The slit drum is called mutumba (the canoe) and the cylindrical drum is Nguma. This group is situate...
The Pygmies of the forest borrow the instruments of the Bantu people outside. They have few if any i...
The Pygmies of the forest borrow the instruments of the Bantu people outside. They have few if any i...
The four drummers were the chief singers together with their women. Malimba 2 xylophones, on frames ...
Although the slit drum, or gong, is used for sending messages among this Congo tribe which lives bes...
The canoes of the Wagenya are large dugouts, often 60 feet in length and about 30 to 50 inches in wi...
The Royal Museum for Central Africa has a rich collection of over 8,000 musical instruments, 85% of ...
The Buudu is one of the north Eastern Congo Bantu tribes which makes good use of slit drums of group...
These Ngombi Likembe (Mbira) are played with the instrument slung from the players shoulders. They a...
This set of drums is played when there is a special ceremonial gathering such as the opening of the ...
The canoes of the Wagenya are large dugouts, often 60 feet in length and about 30 to 50 inches in wi...
The tune is based upon a song which says that Kalagala was a chief in Busoga who caught and killed t...
Mongika is the present Chief of the Mangbele. He and his two wives wore headdresses made of the scar...
The slit drum is called mutumba (the canoe) and the cylindrical drum is Nguma. This group is situate...
The Mangbele are a sub-group of the Mangbetu, mixed with the Mamvy. Most tribes in this north easter...
The slit drum is called mutumba (the canoe) and the cylindrical drum is Nguma. This group is situate...
The Pygmies of the forest borrow the instruments of the Bantu people outside. They have few if any i...
The Pygmies of the forest borrow the instruments of the Bantu people outside. They have few if any i...
The four drummers were the chief singers together with their women. Malimba 2 xylophones, on frames ...
Although the slit drum, or gong, is used for sending messages among this Congo tribe which lives bes...
The canoes of the Wagenya are large dugouts, often 60 feet in length and about 30 to 50 inches in wi...
The Royal Museum for Central Africa has a rich collection of over 8,000 musical instruments, 85% of ...
The Buudu is one of the north Eastern Congo Bantu tribes which makes good use of slit drums of group...
These Ngombi Likembe (Mbira) are played with the instrument slung from the players shoulders. They a...
This set of drums is played when there is a special ceremonial gathering such as the opening of the ...
The canoes of the Wagenya are large dugouts, often 60 feet in length and about 30 to 50 inches in wi...
The tune is based upon a song which says that Kalagala was a chief in Busoga who caught and killed t...