Music of the Idoma of Nigeria

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.
Country USA
Brand Folkways Records
Manufacturer Folkways Records
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber FW-04221-CCD
Model FW04221
ReleaseDate 2012-05-30
UnitCount 1
UPCs 093070422124
EANs 0093070422124