Vedda music / by C.S. Myers.

  • Charles Samuel Myers
Date:
[1911?]
Catalogue details

Licence: In copyright

Credit: Vedda music / by C.S. Myers. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    No. 52. Invocation sung- during ceremony to exorcise Yaku from the sick. ^=104. Zve lower. No. 42. Song (Tandina etc.), sung by the Vidane (headman) of the Dambani Veddas. 108. Zve lower. etc. No. 43. Song (Talapita Sindu), sung by Kuma of Dambani. The tune is that of No. 42, but the tones are e and f corresponding to 160 and 172 vibrations per sec. GROUP B. No. 30(1). Invocation at the Ruwala ceremony of the Yaka and Yakini of Walimbagala. J = 100. Zve lower. 254