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JohnOgaacBol_FuneralRite
(University of Edinburgh. School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences. Linguistics and English Language, 2013-12-17)
The recording at the center of this item is a procedural narrative, on funerals in Shilluk culture. In "JohnOgaacBol_AnnouncementofFuneralRite", the same performer expands on the same topic. Funeral rites are important to ...
AnguyAdyengLwal_songAmagag
(University of Edinburgh. School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences. Linguistics and English Language, 2014-05-19)
The recording at the center of this item is a song. Amagag comes after keb dance. Keb is a dance in which people dance in very big circles. There is no drum but the person who leads the song must have a strong voice, ...
NyakothWanhAdor_songAFlagBroughtFromEgypt
(University of Edinburgh. School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences. Linguistics and English Language, 2014-06-04)
The recording at the center of this item is a Shilluk song. The Shilluk Kingdom has no particular flag that stands as its symbol. But each village has its flag. In one village, there can be a flag for men and another for ...
AmaliaAyulDeng_songFuneralSongForKingAyang
The recording at the center of this item is a Shilluk song. The King Ayang Anay had a house in Haj Yousif. So, when he went to the other side of the river [= died, BR] in 1992, the women of Takamol went for his funeral; ...
NyathomThaboOdhong_TraditionOfWomen
(University of Edinburgh. School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences. Linguistics and English Language, 2014-01-28)
The sound recording at the center of this item is narrative, explaining an aspect of Shilluk culture. Shilluk traditions govern everyday life. There are norms that must be observed by everybody. Purity is the most feared ...
JohnOgaacBol_songKwanyirathBol2
(University of Edinburgh. School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences. Linguistics and English Language, 2014-01-13)
The recording at the center of this item is a funeral song (ayaar), sung by the performer about his father. Kwanyirath Bol Acyen, was born in 1888, during the Shilluk wars with Arabs. King Gwang made him chief of Lul Otango ...
NyayejoCyanAyul_songTheBullOfHonour
(University of Edinburgh. School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences. Linguistics and English Language, 2014-06-16)
The recording at the center of this item is a Shilluk song. The dowry is ten cows. But after some years, if the married girl settles well in her new home, an extra bull is given to her parents. But the extended family of ...
Shilluk_2018_controlled_FloatingQuantity
The primary data in this dataset are audio recordings (wav format). They are utterances in the Shilluk language (Nilo-Saharan, South Sudan), recorded from 10 speakers, collected through controlled elicitation. The data ...
JohnOgaacBol_songAwadSongForYolong
(University of Edinburgh. School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences. Linguistics and English Language, 2014-02-05)
The recording at the center of this item an ‘awad’: a long song of praise that includes the entire village. The composer praises the village men singing about their goodness, wealth, courage, charity, support for orphans, ...
OwacciObwonyoAnay_songAFrogHasCaughtAFrog
(University of Edinburgh. School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences. Linguistics and English Language, 2014-04-17)
The recording at the center of this item is a song. Its composer is Amon Tuk Kaal, from Oryang Village, in Mwomo District in the far north. He was complaining to King Kur Gwang (1951-1974). Because he was jailed by the ...
GeorgeAgyethDaak_songKingAyang
The recording at the center of this item is a Shilluk song. King Ayang Anay was elected king in 1974. He was young at the time, but he was married; and marriage qualified him to become king. But some villages delayed; they ...
