Ambasse bey

**Ambasse bey** ko **ambas-i-bay** salon wakokin gargajiya ne da rawa daga Kamaru . Waƙar ta dogara ne akan kayan kiɗa da ake samu, musamman guitar, tare da busawa da sanduna da kwalabe.  Waƙar ta fi sauri fiye da assiko .

John Hall ya bayyana salon rawa a matsayin tsintsiya mai motsi. Inda masu rawa ke kaɗa kafadunsu kamar fikafikan tsuntsaye,  rawan ta ƙunshi jerin matakai masu ruwa da kuma motsin jiki masu ban sha'awa da aka yi daidai da waƙar, wadda galibi makossa ce. Domin yin wannan rawa, masu rawa dole ne su sanya kayan gargajiya na sawa .

Ambasse bey ya samo asali ne daga ƙabilar Yabassi  kuma ya shahara a Douala bayan Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu . A cikin shekarun 1950 da kuma 1960, salon ya samo asali ne a cikin Littoral na Kamaru. A tsakiyar shekarun 1960, Eboa Lotin ta yi salon ambasse bey a kan harmonica da guitar wanda shine farkon nau'in makossa, salon da ya mamaye magabacinsa cikin sauri kuma ya zama nau'in kiɗan 'yan asalin ƙasar Kamaru mafi shahara.  Mawakin Kamaru Sallé John ya farfaɗo da Ambasse bey har zuwa wani lokaci. 

"Ganin bambancin al'adu da ƙasar Sallè John ke alfahari da su, dole ne kowane ɗan ƙasar Kamaru ya yi alfahari da kuma kishin gagarumin damar al'adu da fasaha da ƙasarmu mai kyau ta yalwata. Dangane da wasan kwaikwayo, alfahari ya fi jan hankali tare da raye-rayen gado a cikin salo na musamman. Wannan shine lamarin, misali, na Ambass Bey, wannan salon gado wanda ba ya barin kowa ya nuna damuwa kuma ba tare da wani motsin rai ba."

Waɗannan su ne kalmomin marubucin Olivier Charly. 

Ambass Bey ita ce rawa mafi kyau ta gargajiya bayan Makonè a tsakanin mutanen Bassa. Daga asalin Sawa, Ambass Bey yana ɗaya daga cikin salon rawa mafi yaɗuwa a yankin Littoral. An yi wahayi zuwa gare shi kuma an yi masa kwaikwayon rawa na Jamus a lokacin mulkin mallaka. Amma wannan salon ya bazu cikin sauri tsakanin Doualas, Pongos, da Bankons tun daga shekarun 1920 da 1930. Saboda haka, ana amfani da Ambass Bey don rayar da bukukuwa ko jana'iza. 

Waƙar Ambass Bey, wacce take da sauti mai ƙarfi, galibi ana buga ta ne da guitar da kuma Conga (Njembe) ga wasu. Ana rawa ta ne a cikin ma'aurata ko kuma su kaɗai. A nan cikin salon waƙa mai kyau, kamar dai suna fama da mura ta tsuntsaye, masu rawa suna motsa kafadunsu da jin daɗi, kyau da kuma daidaitawa kamar sparrowhawks. Rawar tana farawa da aiwatar da matakan "Mudun'a Sombo" (tsohon biri). Hanya ce ta shiga cikin zumunci da kakanninmu da kuma tattara ƙarfi masu kyau waɗanda za su ba su damar korar waɗanda ba su da kyau. Bayan matakan "Mudun' a Sombe" suna biyo bayan wani zane mai rai tare da jerin matakai masu sauri da ruwa. Jikin yana motsawa da kyau, duk daidai da kiɗan. Haka kuma, mawaƙi yana riƙe da makirufo yana kwaikwayon waƙoƙin sa. Wannan wasan kwaikwayo ne mai ban mamaki. 

Tufafin da ya dace da "Ambasada Bey" shine rigar da ke tsakanin maza da mata (Sanja) da kuma rigar Kaba ga mata. Domin yin hakan, dole ne a samar da ma'aurata (maza da mata). Suna riƙe hannun junansu kuma su yi juyawa bisa ga umarnin maestro wanda galibi yake tsakiya ko a gaba. Yana ba da umarnin a cikin Jamusanci ta amfani da kalmomi kamar "Seis Taché", "Drempa", "Cona drempa", "Rouillé" ko "Lalala lai sobèlè" da sauransu. 

A cewar wasu mutanen zamanin da, iyalan Dayas ne suka fara koyar da Ambass Bey a Douala, musamman Joseph Dayas da Engom'a Dayas a Bonadouma Home. Ga wasu, an danganta shahara da kuma yaɗa ƙungiyar Ambass Bey da Tchako a kusan 1952. Ga wasu kuma, aikin fitaccen jarumi Sallè John ne a shekarun 1960. Saboda haka aka yi masa lakabi da "Sarkin Ambass Bey." An ba shi girmamawa a shekarar 2019 a lokacin bikin gargajiya na Sawa (Ngondo). Wasu mutane da dama sun ba da gudummawa sosai ga wannan motsi, kamar Lobè Ramaud da Belmond M'Packo. Dangane da kiɗansa, ƙwararren Manulo wataƙila yana ɗaya daga cikin mutanen farko da suka yi nasarar sanya gitar a kan wannan salon gado. 

## Manazarta

## Nassoshi

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