Adungu Cultural Troupe - Yom Chunta - The Singing Wells project

[@shadrackogweo6457]

I'm Luo from kenya but i can hear 👂 👂 like 60% of words here...yom chunya means "make my heart ☺ happy"....luo is worldwide.

[@Didmasela]

Wuod Thuon Ogweo, Luo migration is one of the most fascinating migrations in Africa and the world. From Bar el gazel in South Sudan, we the Luo migrated towards all directions that, only a compass can detect: Southward and Eastward towards North West and East Uganda(Alur, Acholi, Kumam, Jupadhola), North East Congo Kinshasa(Alur = 70%, in Uganda only 30%), Kenya and Tanzania. North Eastward towards Ethiopia(Luo Anyuak); Westward towards Cameroon, Nigeria, Ghana, Benin and much of West Africa; Centrally, towards Central African Republic, Congo Brazzaville, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon.

[@shadrackogweo6457]

@@Didmasela That's it wuod thuon you got it right luo is software world 🌎 wide thank you.

[@tapazialex406]

Its Yom cwinya

[@richardokee8748]

ALUR LUO

[@ronaldookello8799]

Exactly! This is Alur tribe in Uganda, and they are related to Jaluo of Southeastern Uganda and Southwestern Kenya!

[@jamesochola3500]

the happiness that took his money, shoes, mattress, his coat. the happiness that made him drink to the point of being left with nothing. sweet pains in the prophet's voice. sweet lamentations

[@charlesotienooluoch4694]

Our brothers from other side of Uganda we are proud of you Badhola

[@chadwickajuang4010]

This is just wonderful! I have played this 100times and i still cant have enough of it. everything in this song "yomo chunya".

[@wambimichael]

I'm dancing to the tune yet I come from Elgon in eastern Uganda. Our people are talented

[@EmilyHolden_thehuman]

I didn’t understand a word of this, but I loved it. So happy :)

[@janajufraru1132]

This particular song is about how happy he is..what made him happy! I often dance to these songs :-) I like "Adii Mudong" too

[@Didmasela]

Emily Holden, you don’t need to understand a word because music is universal.

[@Hawkfx07]

The culture lives on in music proud of westnile

[@nikumujimmy1893]

Generally speaking the singer is saying HAPPINESS DOES NOT KNOW POVERTY

[@StopFear]

I have a very warm and hopeful feeling when I see and hear this music. Makes me happy people there find motivation to play music despite the poverty and other danger they live in.

[@craniifer]

Love the singing, love the dancing. The hand movements on that harp?/drum? are just insane to me.

[@tarirai]

Mother Afrika never disappoints! Brilliant catchy tune 👏🏾 👍🏾

[@beatezei3540]

Beautiful people with interesting instruments

[@komakechstephen285]

WOW!!! this sounds like luo of the Jaluo of Kenya or the Alur in Uganda. I love it

[@jacquelinerubangafrank5496]

Alur

[@nevaehhamilton3493]

It actually feels like I'm listening to samba. Maybe samba originated from Africa and I'm hearing the similarities/origins of a music genre.

[@ocayaro]

The Adungu instrument has its own enchantment. Magical! Title should be "Yom Chunya" meaning "makes my heart glad", or "makes me happy"

[@eliazali_4200]

True. In fact since it's Alur, it should be "Yomu cwinya"

[@robbieman70]

Yom cwinya is ma hit. Wafoyo tic jadit, we are waiting for more. Jah Bless Alur.

[@officiallyriclex7408]

from Sudan i don't understand, but i injoyed every moment i got this

[@raympet]

I am from Norway and for sure can not understand a singel word. But I like it a lot as well!

[@nyakwarObat]

Ricky Riko2 this are your brothers if you remember..you dinka?

[@patrickstarshooter5221]

@raympet "Yom Chunta" basically means "calms my heart". It's another way of saying "it makes me happy" ... the entire song is just about what brings ​him happiness.

[@patrickstarshooter5221]

@River Nile bank nya om No, I would like to correct you on that. The current Luo ethnicity is far from the Dinka of South Sudan. The only close resemblance would be the Acholi group that stayed in Sudan. To say the Acholi and Dinka are brothers would be like saying the Germans and Brits are brothers because they shared a common ancestor. The Luo group that migrated from South Sudan either assimilated with neighbouring Bantus or forcibly took over. The Luo in Kenya are not just nilotes anymore but a mixture of both Nilotic and Bantu ethnicity. The alur interbred with the Bantus of northern Uganda and Congo. Their language is mostly Luo, but only about 60-70%. In Uganda for instance, you will find that many people speak Acholi, even practice the customs but they're ethnically Bantu. My point is, the Luo people of today are not just Luo, but a mixture of their neighbouring tribes. And they're been away from Sudan since 1500, they do not share anything with the Dinka tribe.

[@nyakwarObat]

patrick starshooter i know a Ugandan who is bantu but his name okumu. Lol. First time i encountered that i thought was strange. Anyway, your source of info? Not that I'm disagreeing with you in general but the dinka are still from the same roots so on that part, no matter how minute, we still connected. Saying luos do not share anything with dinkas is misinformation

[@rile623]

Ikiwa, kwa mdundo huu, unaifanya kwa utukufu wa Mungu, mzuri sana

[@LAJWII]

these are natural talents, how can one get hold of their entire dvd/cvd

[@janajufraru1132]

Somewhere in Naguru- Kla

[@britneynambooze9096]

Uganda 🇺🇬

[@oyirwothsteve2107]

wow! so beautiful . love my culture.

[@janajufraru1132]

Me too

[@beatezei3540]

I like it very much

[@tawuso4365]

Il y a 4000 ans ces musiciens seraient descendu le long du Nil pour aller faire carrière à Tamery. On voit leur portraits encore gravés dans la pierre. Ce devait être impressionnant.

[@theresaaguero865]

Feel good music

[@charlescwinyaay6148]

Nice Adungu music. I love it. Thank you fellows.

[@stephenmukaabya8442]

Original raw epic talent!!!!

[@adesanyaadeyeye2123]

Great music

[@mananoJoseph-h3t]

Alurr cultural enjoy it❤

[@adriansummers3462]

I love it. 😊

[@monicaoryem3616]

yom cwinya yo, okedo adong munero, what a classic.

[@TonnyOkello]

Munero obedo ngo ni ? Sounds almost ike 'onero' similar to 'onoro' which means naked in Lango and I think Acholi too.

[@georgeodoo9924]

Muneru is naked.

[@johnsimpson3419]

Love it! 😆😆😆😆🥰🥰

[@margaretarianda2110]

Nice song. I'm luo of Kenya and the words kinda sound luo like

[@iaindcosta]

Who says harps don't originate in Africa?

[@Εύροκλύδων]

Harps probably don't originate from anywhere specific, I think they were independently invented by different cultures.

[@iaindcosta]

@@Εύροκλύδων maybe, that doesn't stop the harps that we use today from being descended from African harps, similarly lyres, lutes, xylophones...

[@sandragayle7866]

The kora does and this is really nice!

[@walterojok1985]

Beautiful song

[@jaybabel3528]

Wonderful! :D Thank you for sharing, my friends!

[@jamesbill5951]

Enjoy weekend.

[@Chalkeater98]

Dude this is bussin’

[@Didmasela]

Jal meno ugoyo bass adungu kud cwinye acel makwe..👍🏿👏🏿

[@shnozle]

beautiful!

[@gersonrosado5055]

esto es hermoso

[@cloriuslouis6643]

Mw renmen mizik afriken

[@africatruefiresounds2175]

beautiful

[@kennethwilliams7337]

Love this!!

[@guytheother7741]

..great perfomance!

[@africatruefiresounds2175]

This is africa true fire sounds

[@LatinVixen21]

Does anybody know if this music is from Uganda? It’s so lovely

[@jolly-joeongwen8752]

This is the Alur Luo tribe from West Nile, Uganda. Adungu is the musical instrument. The title "chunta" is misspelled. Should be chunya (my heart). But in this song it means my generosity or kindness...led me to extravagance which caused my poverty. The guy squandered all his money buying drinks for his friends. When he ran out of money he switched to either selling or bartering his coat, shoes, bed, goats etc

[@Gregory-f1d]

@@jolly-joeongwen8752 Please share the lyrics with a short description...?

[@noahwig500]

amazing!! :D

[@pharaohjohnson7627]

Very nice

[@valdineisouza1373]

muito bom

[@fabrizzioantoniodominguezp349]

Está genial 😎

[@ElCalvo45]

As a bassist, I love the "bass" a'dungu. Is there a specific name for it?

[@otitimoses461]

It’s called Bass Adungu

[@karlhadanielavelasquezriva3613]

I like it.

[@СергейИвановичЧернышов]

maybe you know what this song is about?

[@Gregory-f1d]

@ogomkene latoyau ....Hi, there! Please listen to this song and share the lyrics with a short English translation....?

[@johnnyasv8772]

from México nice song

[@RidarkCreativeVentures]

❤

[@AntonioSerranoMx91]

🇲🇽💚🇺🇬

[@bata2512]

How can i help to promote your music?I dont understand the language but i like the music.

[@otitimoses461]

Hello am the one in the video playing the base Adungu am at the moment in UK am planning to create the group cause the group split up years ago when I left Uganda. What plans do you have ?

[@bata2512]

@@otitimoses461 ok.Tell me ,what future plans?and yr Facebook address for more details.Thxs for now.

[@justinjeffries1554]

what is that big string instrument?!

[@otitimoses461]

It’s called Base Adungu

[@nevaehhamilton3493]

It feels like samba

[@abcdefg-xyz9]

waouh

[@hakuhayashi8188]

It's beautiful! What is this song about?

[@TonnyOkello]

The song is just being happy . 'Cunya Yom' literally my heart is pleased.

[@rogerpropes7129]

It's about being too poor to afford more than 3 notes.

[@Gregory-f1d]

@@TonnyOkello ....Hi, there! Can you please share the lyrics of the song with a short explanation...?

[@silva4792]

👏👏👏👏👏🙂

[@topmaga]

Where can i get the group? I need to feature them as a dj

[@bibz]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@cyrusbrother7402]

What are these instruments called?

[@otitimoses461]

They are called Adungu

[@mercyayaso5957]

hahahahah amazing very nice

[@Cryptit]

I feel like crust punks would be all about this

[@jamesbill5951]

Afoyo choo.

[@christopherodida6921]

nugulu where i born

[@MegaSwez]

Sound LUO

[@patrickstarshooter5221]

​@Homeboy Rina They're the same people. In fact, the term "Luo" is not Kenyan alone. It refers to a very, very big family of ethnic-linguistically related people. The Kenyan Luos are simply part of a larger family that encompasses the most of east and central Africa. Namely, The Luo people. Some of the tribes include, but are not limited to; Acholi, Alur, Langi, Teso, Dholuo, Kumam, and some others

[@beghatuae]

It’s Zimbabwean

[@boazbwari5244]

J no

[@Changamira]

when the Asians took over kemet. The culture via the music and dress and traditions went down south of the nile.

[@ocayaro]

Not true.

[@Userkaf_II]

It is not necessarily true, but regardless, Africans are related to the Egyptians as cousins, there is consanguinity between the Egyptians and sub-Saharan Africans. The Egyptian culture is found in sub-Saharan Africa today because that is where originated.

[@OFEnock]

@Homeboy Rina that's amazing thanks for that

[@okotoryem4105]

The beats are okay but the song doesn't match. Alurrrrr 😜😜😜

[@tarirai]

Don't agree at all... all match perfect to me.

[@ditocerto]

beautiful!