Music of the Idoma of Nigeria

The Idoma people of Nigeria allowed Prof. Robert G. Armstrong to record a ritual whose live performance is considered taboo except at funerals. For the wake, elderly women sing and play ichicha (large gourd rattles); there is also a dance circle with at least one man on an okanga(two-membrane drum). The wake lasts all night until the actual funeral, the Urchulo Nehi (Great Ceremony), the following noon.
Track Listing
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Alekwu Chants | Ediigwu | 2:26 | |
102
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Ichicha Songs | Ediigwu | 7:19 | |
103
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Alekwu Chant: Onugbu and Oko | Ediigwu | 1:57 | |
104
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Alekwu Chant: Journey to Igbira | Ediigwu | 11:10 | |
201
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The Alekwu Prays | Ediigwu | 2:39 | |
202
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The Alekwu and Chorus | Ediigwu | 12:25 | |
203
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Ediigwu and Chorus | Ediigwu | 5:07 |