Lyre performance and story telling by K'oyaaso Maammo QM2011-12-28_001-003

K'oyaaso Maammo plays one autobiographical song in the kaldi baaba-rhythm on his lyre (file 001), his wife Mahane Dohanbaabo and his brother Dasto Maammo join in. Then K'oyaaso sings the narrative song kaní ('dog') (file 002) accompanied on the lyre and finally he tells a story (tóss) about Monkey who is told to sew shoes. Dasto Maammo is a potter from Gazda. He plays the lyre and the woysa-flute in a sextette. He is K'oyaaso Maammo's brother. K'oyaaso is a potter and a musician playing the lyre and the woysa-flute. K'oyaaso is Dasta Maammo's brother and Mahane Dohanbaabo's husband. Yvonne Treis is a linguist and works on Ethiopian languages at CNRS in France. Mahane is a potter and a musician playing the lyre and the woysa-flute. Mahane is Tal'ane Abusho's cousin, Masarat Dohanbaabo's younger sister and K'oyaaso Maammo's wife.