cover image: Peter Bol Deng Arok Part 2.1

Peter Bol Deng Arok Part 2.1

18 Jun 2019

The singer attributes all the reputation earned over a long period of time to their great grandmother, Aguil. The most unique trait of this lineage is that Yool, the husband to Aguil, was monogamous, and hence, "Who will claim for themselves our legacy set long ago by Yool and Aguil? Even if one marries several wives, it won't work out. The jealousy of co-wives is hidden in the roof of the house; just there to stay"' The singer claims that the whole land is blessed with the name of his grandmother, Aguil. Therefore, there is no other lineage (genealogy) that will compare to Aguil's anywhere on earth. Such a song, in Dinka tradition, is aimed at advertising the clan socially so that young men and women can be married with dignity. Accompaniment: soft tapping on box. Information about performer: time away from Dinka territory: 23 years, age 38, both parents from the Bor cluster; grew up in Twic Baping (Wangulei region).
traditional and folk music clan songs

Authors

Peter Bol Deng Arok, Simon Yak Deng

Published in
United Kingdom
Reference
C1580X0037XX-0001
Rights URI
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Source
Europeana https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/2059209/data_sounds_C1580X0037XX_0001