Eskimo (East-Greenland, Angmagssalik Region) - Women's Drum Songs

• Main Authors: Mogens Jensen, Kaj, Bang, Jette, Olsen, Poul Rovsing
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: IWF (Göttingen) 1976
• Subjects: Ethnology; Musikinstrumente / Membranophone; Singen; Singen / im Chor; Trommel; Trommelgesang; musical instruments / membranophone; singing; singing / chorus; drum; drum song; Eskimo; Greenland; Angmagssalik; East Greenland; eskimo*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.3203/iwf/e-2076; https://av.tib.eu/media/27077

Im ersten Gesang trommelt eine Frau in dem für die Frauen typischen Rhythmus und bewegt die Trommel dabei von der Brust vor und zurück. Der Chor singt dazu eine pentatonische Vierer-Tonfolge. Zwei festlich gekleidete Frauen stellen im zweiten Gesang einen vom Chor begleiteten Trommelstreitgesang, ähnlich dem der Männer, dar, nur im Frauenrhythmus. : The first of the two songs shows the playing of the drum in the usual feminine way, moving it regularly to and from the chest in accordance with the rhythm. The melody is performed by the chorus of the bystanders. The second is a drum fight song, it follows the same rules as the male ones, with the exception of the female rhythm. Both women wear their finest clothes which in the old days were used for festive occasions.