D13NHKFestivals

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well, in Tabaq there are different ceremonies

t̪ajib, t̪aaŋʊr[u] ʃukʊ ʷɔʈɛɛ

that is, Tabaq people have different ceremonies from long ago

jaani, t̪aanɪɪ kambɛt̪ʊ ʃukʊ kʷal

in the past, in the ceremonies people usually gather

kaan ʈii ʃukɛr irɪ ɖiildikʊkaː

they make wines (made of sorghum) and they make the festival

tʷiilɪʲa ʃawɛɛka, ɛɛ ʃukɛʲa aŋʊʊn

well, the first festival I want to speak about is called April dance

t̪ajib, ʷɔɔr ʃukɛ ʷu ka ʷu.. aʲɪŋkɛʲa kʷɛɛ nʒukɛ

in this cermony Tabaq in the past

iŋ kʷɛɛ nʒukɛr kaan, ma t̪aanɪɪ

if they are far away and because they know the time of this important event

t̪ʊʊ ɖʊʷɛr ɛnɛ ʃʷaʈʊŋga, kʷɛɛ nʒukɛ nʊdʊ iʲɛʃɪ

a Tabaq person would come to attend it, he tells his people that he (lit. 'I') would come to the festival

t̪aanɪd̪ʊ t̪ara iʲɛɛn, kʷɛɛ nʒukɛr ʷu t̪aaŋʊr t̪arara fɪka

he would send to his people telling them his coming then they would wait his arrival

ʈi nɪɪ wɪɪd̪ʊ ʊtʊndɪtʊ ʈi nɪʲa ʈikaa ala kʷɛɛ nʒukɛr iɲan

well, during the April festivel, then the April festival

xalas kʷɛɛr, ɛɛ kʷɛɛː

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when it is approaching

gɛrrɛbɛtʊ nɔgɪd̪ʊr

ah Tabaq people make wines

ah t̪aanɪɪ, tʷiilɪ ʃawɛɛka

and make food, because

kamaan kamɛ kɪŋʃɪka, aʃaan ʃinu

that Apirl ceremony

ʈii kʷɛɛ nʒukɛ

also people have someone who died

kamaan ah irɪ, ʈiinid̪ʊ bɛɛ ʈiɲaʈʊŋga

they take their dead (relative) to the place of the festival

ʈiʲɛ ʈii ʈiʲɛd̪ʊ, kʷɛɛr kaʃɛɛn, ʈɪɪ.. ʈii ʃuka nʊʊl

and Tabaq people were very, i.e.

xalas t̪aanɪɪ haarka jaani

in the past, they were used to gather together and also during the festival

kaan dɪɪlkɛkaː, wa kamaan ʈii kʷɛɛʷa

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noone was left behind every single Tabaq person would

id̪ʊ tɔɔtʊ bʊʊmina kullo kullo kuʈɛfɪ t̪aanɪd̪ʊ

all of them would climb to the place of the April festival

kuʈɛfɪ ʈiʲɛ kʷɛɛ nʊʊlɛ ʈʊʷa.. ʈʊʊl d̪ɪŋɪŋ iʲɛn

well that April festival, April festival (usually starts) at midday

t̪ajib, ʈii kʷɛɛ, kʷɛɛ, ʷulangat̪ʊr jaani zɛj

when the sun comes in the middle

ʷulaŋgara ɪɪ

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in the midday the festival would start all the people come and stand up in the place

ʷulaŋgaʲɛ mburu, ɛɛ kʷɛɛ waɲɛn, ʷɛɛ ʈɪfʊn, ʷɛɛmand̪ʊ

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then people dance the April dance and

ɛɛ irɪ kʷɛɛ faand̪ʊka

till towards the sun set then the Kujuur would arrive

t̪ʊʊ baa ʃakaʲɛʈʊr, kʷii t̪ara

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the kujur would come and enter

kʷii t̪a ʈɔɔndɪ

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he would wait a little bit and see the dancing then he goes back

ɛɛ kʷɪɪm baa ʲiʷunaaʲ, kafɛɛn

when the kujur arrives and enters to the playground noone would follow him he enters alone

ʈii kʷii t̪a kʷɛɛr ʈɔɔdʊ id̪ʊ bɛɛrandɛn ʈɔɔm, araand̪ʊ kʷii buu

with his company, he waits a little bit then

ʈaambʊd̪ʊdɛ, ɛɛ ʃaa kʷɪɪm baa ʲiʷunaaʲ

he does not dance but he comes and sees the place and when he goes back

ʈi kʷii faami, bas t̪a kʊ.. kʷɪɪm baa ʲiʷunaaʲ, ʃuumbʊrʊ

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then people start dancing again

ɛɛ irɪ jala faana t̪akɛ

then after the kujuur come the people who have someone who died

ʈiimʊnd̪aa kamaan ʈiʲamanɪɪ

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those who have a dead person would come and cry

ɛɛ id̪ʊ kʷaldʊ ʈiɲaʈʊ irɪ, ɛɛ t̪a ʷɔɲɪka

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then they take the things of that dead person and destroy them

ɛɛ ʈii tiʲadʊ nʒaarɪ, ɪld̪ʊnʊŋga ʈaanʊʊtʊlɪ faʲɪka

they destroy his or her things

ʈaanʒaarɪ, faʲɪka aaj

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and they come

ɛɛ t̪aː ʈiː

they bring the thing of that dead person and destroy them and then if he had a wife then she is going to remarry again

ʈiʲadɛɛ kʷɛɛr kʷɛɛr kat̪anaaʲ, ɛɛ kalaŋt̪ʊnɛɛ, ɪldʊnʊŋgalaalɛ ɪd̪ʊkɛda [ala] ɪd̪ʊkɛ

if it was a man whose wife died, then after the festival he is going to marry again

kɔt̪ʊnʊŋgalɛ ʈaanɪldʊ ʈiɲatʊŋga, ala ʈii kʷɛɛr kaʃuuna ʲala

then he fetches a woman and marry her

ɪld̪ʊ ʃawʊn ɪd̪arŋga ɪd̪a

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this festival was very good in the past

kʷɛɛ nʒukɛʲa kaan kʷɛ.., kɛɛndʊm

some people also dance

irɪ waɲʊː kamaan k.. faakaː

they blow horns and play

ʈii.. ʈii dʊnɛɛ, dʊnɛɛʲa kaʲɛn faan

the horns of the wild animals like the horns of ? and rhinos

fɛɛ, fɛɛ ŋgʷaja ndʊnɛɛ, kʊʊraʲɛɛ iŋɛ ʈiindʊnɛɛ

they use four horns

[xxxx] dʊnɛɛ kɪmɪɲ ʊŋga

they blow them all and dance

ʈi kuʈɛɛ kaʲɛndɪ faa

well, April dance April dance people; people dance the Aprild dance

tajib, kʷɛɛ kʷɛɛ irɪ, kʷɛɛr irɪ faa

and also after (i.e.; in addition to) the April dance, we have the feast of sorghum

kamaan kʷɛɛmʊnd̪aa, wɪɪ nʒukɛʲa fɪʈʊ

it is about a whole month after the April dance festival

jaani zɛj ʊʊnd̪ʊ kaamil ʈii kʷɛɛ ŋgalaŋt̪ʊ

during the sorghum festival people dance and play what is called drum dances (a special kind of dance in Tabaq)

wɪɪ nʒukɛ, kamaan dʊŋgaraɲɪ ʈii wɪɪ nʒukɛr dʊŋgaraɲɪ irɪ faa

that is during sorghum feast people start cleaning their farms

jaani wɪɪ nʒukɛ ʃinu, t̪ʊʊ, kʊŋɪ nad̪ʊfɛɛkaː

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and waiting for the rainy season

ɛɛ k.. fili bɛɛʷa ijiʃɪ

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and that is what people dance

ɛɛ ʈiindɛ irɪ jaani, faakaː

they dance the drum dances in the house of the Kujuur, the drum dances also

dʊŋgaraɲɪʲɛ faanɛ irɪ, kʷii nʒaal faa, dʊŋgaraɲɪ, kamaan

they also dance the drum dances in the chief's house, that sorghum feast, the people play the drums very much during that sorghum ceremony

ʃiil nʒaala dʊŋgaraɲɪ faa, ʈi wɪɪ nʒukɛr, haarka irɪ dʊŋgaraɲɪ faan ʈi wɪɪ nʒukɛr

also after that, also then

̺taani kalaŋt̪ʊ taani ɛɛ

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I swear by Allah the drum songs

walaaʲ dʊŋgaraɲɪ ŋwarɛ

I do not know them well, but if people sing them I recognize them, but I do not keep them in my mind

kɛɛkana anɔɔr, t̪akɛɲɛ irɪ ʷu ʷɔʈɛndaar kiʲɛtɛ laakin ʷu.. ʷu anɔɔr fimiin ɛɛl

[laughs] I do not know

[laughs] ɪʲɛmda

well, the song if kujuur kalda

ah, kʷii kald̪aa ŋʷarɛʲa

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I know it

ah ʈii, iʲɛʈa ʈii

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is it the kujuur kalda who is dead?

kʷii kald̪aa ʈiɲa

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the kujuur who died, this is how the rythm goes

kʷii daand̪ɛ ʈiɲa, ma dʊŋgara.. dʊŋgaraɲɪ ʊt̪ʊ [na waɲɪ na irɪ] t̪aanɪɪʲa

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which Kujuur has died, Kujuur Kaldaa died already

kʷii daand̪ɛ ʈiɲa, kʷii kald̪aa ʈiimbʊʊ

where (in what place) are you going to bury him? are you going to bury him far away

t̪ʊʊ daarɛ kaʃɪ kʊɲa, fɛɛrɛ kaʃɪ kʊɲa

are you going to bury him home, in what place are you going to bury him

ʈʊʊlɛ kaʃɪ kʊɲa, t̪ʊʊ daarɛ kaʃɪ kʊɲa

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which kujuur died

kʷii daand̪ɛ ʈiɲa

is it the kujur of the shomo clan? beacuse kalda was the kujur of shomtu clan

ʃɔmtʊ ŋgʷii ʈiimbʊ, ʈi kʷii kald̪aaʲa ʃɔmtɪn.. ʃɔmtʊ ŋgʷiiʲɛ, ʃɔmtʊ ŋgʷii aay

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he was the kujuur of Shomtu clan

ʃɔmtʊ ŋgʷiiʲɛ

I only know that song of that (dance) and I do not know any other drum dance song

[x] ʈii warɛn ʈii biiʲɛ iʲɛʈa taanim, dʊŋgaɽaɲɪ ŋʷarɛ bɛkɪ iʲɛmda

also drum dances are divided into two

kamaan dʊŋgaraɲɪʲa, ʊrʊka gismɛɲɛ

the drum dances that we call normal drum dances and horse dances (you ride the horse and play)

ɛnɛ dʊŋgaraɲɪ wuun ah n.. dʊŋgaraɲɪ fɪ kʷɪɪlɪ dʊŋgaraɲɪ fɪ

it is not like the April dance, Tabaq poeple were using horses to play this kind of dance

jaani dʊŋgaraɲɪ k.. kʷɛɛt̪ʊ, kambɛr kwɪɪ.. kʷɪɪlɪ [xx] ʈi dʊŋgaraɲɪ faangan

and the people riding horses

irɪʲa irɪ k.. kʷɪɪlɪdaar kʷiiʃɪ

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and play, in the past, those drum dances

ɛɛ ʈii dʊŋgaraɲɪ kambɛr faangan

Tabaq people had so many

t̪aanɪɪ kambɛr kɔɲʊlɛɛn [xx] kɔɔndɪ