Mbanderu Wailing at Funeral; at Okuruo (cleansing rites)
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Gibson, Gordon D. (Gordon Davis), 1915-2007
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content: Gordon Davis Gibson papers
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content: Gordon Davis Gibson papers / Series 19: Sound Recordings / 1953 Field Research
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound tape reel
label: Extent
content: 3 ¾ & 7 ½ ips, 7" tape reel
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1953-05 - 1953-06
container: label: Container
content: Item 8
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Audio
label: Type
content: Sound tape reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Summary Description
Mb-5 (7 1/2 ips) Wailing on day of Erastus' burial (little hum)
A. Village sounds outside mourning hut; some wailing
B. Women and children talking and bird songs with wailing in the background
C. Hysterical shrieking of women
D. Individual moaning in hut; group waiting. Low noise level (2 min. 45 sec.)

Mb-7 (3 3/4 ips) Katuwi (Mbanderu clan priest) calling to ancestors and performing purification rites on return to Ruhwa from journey
A. Call - "ayeh, ocipai"
B. Men talking
C. Call - "Maca, opungu cauca..."

Mb-11 (7 1/2 ips) Wailing on last day of mourning for Erastus