Bamboo pipes of the Batetela children
Abstract
- Abstract
- The Batetela are a Bantu people inhabiting an area extending over most of the Sankuru district of the Belgian Congo. In former times they were greatly feared by surrounding tribes among whom they made periodic raids for slaves whom they sold to Arab or Portuguese slave traders. They have never been considered outstanding in any of the arts but music has a definite place in their culture. One characteristic instrument or set of instruments is the set of bamboo pipes used by small boys in their play. In the early days they danced to the pipes. Since then the custom has died out but the pipes themselves have remained.
Description
- Description
- pages: 74-75
Subjects
People & roles
- Author
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Shaffer, Jacquiline
Value Annotations
Value Annotations
- Is Part Of
- American Missionary
Origins & context
- Title
- Bamboo pipes of the Batetela children
- Type
- Text
- Language
- English
- Parent project
- International Library of African Music
- is funded by
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Rhodes University
- Place of Origin
- South Africa
- Created Date
- December 1, 1954
Rights & access
- License
- CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
- Access Rights
- Public
Identifiers & sources
- DRE ID
- eaa-99-000f
- Identifier
-
233
Value Annotations
Value Annotations
- Type
- Publisher, distributor, or vendor stock number
Further details
- WissKI URL
- 74461