Music of Kuria, Kenya and Tanzania: Ntimaru Musicians, Part 8

On September 3, 2013, three days after the inaugural Kuria Cultural Festival, we visited musicians from the winning performance troupe from Ntimaru, a small village in Southwestern Kenya, just metres from the Tanzania border. Guruguru is the leader of the group. The singing includes KiKuria language and alliterative sounds (vocables), and is accompanied by the iritungu (eight-string lute), ekegogo (single-string fiddle) and ibirandi (gourd shakers). Michael Derek Gideon studied the poetry and music of Kuria for nine months in 2013, with the guidance and expertise of teacher and scholar, Peter Muniko.

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Ntimaru yetu hiyo nazipenda Sana nyimbo zetu kikuria

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Wiiiiiiiiiiriiii owaaabha hiriii komarie omosonga umuchangwe.... Ndeighwa naabhayee obhooro obhokorasa naghuitaa .. Reeero ntengeree bhobhee ntaana abhaweeitoo bhaara bhangana ghachengee koghosangania nyandongoo ...

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Cha cha oheeche mbaane nkorooche, taghaamba mura omweito

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murra abhakurya bhaito mbuya mole? ndamaha molang'a emebhali bhanto bhaito

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Mbuya mole bhantobhaito

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mula olahitya shale sana

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Abamweito nemegoko

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