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 did not go to pay tribute, complaining that he was young. Ayang’s mother is from Pachodo District, so, Pachodo people hurried to pay him tribute. The composer who is also from the Pachodo area is saying that those who complained will not be able to come to Pachodo Village to remove Ayang from power by force, because people of Pachodo area will not allow that to happen. This item consists of a recorded Shilluk song (wav file), accompanied with annotation (in Praat TextGrid) and associated information: metadata, permissions and speaker questionnaire. The associated information is also summarized, in a spreadsheet. The TextGrid annotation includes Shilluk orthography, translation, and comments.