Material Information
- Title:
- Barso Barso
- Physical Description:
- Audio
- Creator:
- SB
Recordings and Field Log SB Recording and Field Log Gopaul, Mrs. Ram ( Performer ) Rampersad, Mrs. Somaria ( Performer )
- Publication Date:
- 5/6/1962
Subjects
- Genre:
- work song
grinding song
- Spatial Coverage:
- Trinidad and Tobago -- Chaguanas -- Trinidad -- Charlieville
Notes
- General Note:
- Caribbean, Trinidad, Indo-Trinidadian
- General Note:
- Pierre Road
- General Note:
- Charlieville 5/62
- General Note:
- T
- General Note:
- Caribbean 1962
- General Note:
- This session documents a traditional Indo-Trinidadian wedding. Performances include tassa drumming, religious songs, wedding songs, and work songs.
- General Note:
- Alternating solo voice. Alan Lomax notes: This song
tells a story of a young lady who wants to go shopping for a nose decoration. Her husband says, I am working for only 25 cents. Where am I going to get money to give to you? She is annoyed and wishes that rain could fall and flood the house (Field Log).
- General Note:
- vocal
Record Information
- Rights Management:
- All applicable rights reserved by the source institution and holding location.
- Resource Identifier:
- 1087.0
- System ID:
- CA90000512:00001
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