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July 09, 2009

285. Bakweri Traditional Instruments of Entertainment and Communication.

Bakweri Traditional Instruments of Entertainment and Communication.

Bakweri Traditional Instruments Horn Of An Animal 1  

The traditional instruments of entertainment and communication are:

Foley.
Jimbi.
Seeva.
Molomba.
Mondo-ndi.
Ndinga. 
 
Foley. Hold your hands together firmly leaving a small hollow between the thumbs and the fingers next to the thumbs. Sound is produced when using your mouth air is blown into the hollow. The sound is known as “foley”. The sound can be heard at a distance of about half a mile away from the foley.

Jimbi.  A log of about three feet long with a man created hollow. Sound is produced when pieces of sticks are repeatedly struck on the log. Sound from a Jimbi can be heard about 2-3 miles away as the crow flies.

Seeva. Sound that is produced when using the mouth air is blown into the horn of an animal.

Molomba. A log of wood with a man made hollow. One end of the hollow is covered tightly with the skin of an animal. Sound is produced when the hands strike the skin that covers the hollow.

Mondi-ndi.  String tied at the two ends of a 2-3 feet long bow-shape piece of stick.  Sound is produced when fingers are drummed on the string. 

Ndinga.  A row of dry flat strips from the back of a branch of a palm tree or the back of a branch of a raffia palm tied firmly over a flat piece of wood.  Sound is produced when fingers are struck on the strips. Each strip is about 2 inches wide and 6-8 inches long.

Mondi-ndi  and  Ndinga  are for indoor entertainment.

Then the ancestral war song:

Jimbi  i-kumbi (the Jimbi is drummed),
e-seeva  fe  e-tongi (the seeva too is blown),
e-tongi  ndi  mao-ngo (the seeva has signaled imminent danger),
efonda  njuma  emuka,  efonda  njuma  emuka;  i-taneya  o-mafany (it’s now time for a war; it’s now time for a war; we are converging at the battle field/let us converge at the battle field. 
 
Lexicon.

Kumba - strike.  Example: kumba  liyofa. – knock at the door.
i-kumbi – it has sounded.
Tonga – blow
e-tongi – it has sounded.
Mao-ngo – danger/dangerous.
Njuma – a fight; war.
Taneya –meet.
Mafany – junction.
i-taneya o Mafany. We shall meet at the junction. 
 
Oma  nanu.  Imba  Mbua  Ndoko.

Mola Mbua Ndoko
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Cameroon, West/Africa 
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