146. The Cumbolo. [Note]
Reading edition
146. The Cumbolo. [Note]
Sarah Findley, Santa Cruz Mountains.
Notes in this chapter
Note 1 · Two school-mistresses in Bethlehem, Santa Cruz Mountains, gave the following list of “born-day names” which belong to negro children in JamaNote 2 · The music was recorded by a colored boy who was organist in the church at Bethlehem. The dance (also called “calimbe”) is performed at wakesNote 3 · An ol’ man an’ a wife was travelling going on walk when they hear a nice music was playing an’ the ol’ man say to his wife, “O Quasiba,1 heaNote 4 · Susan, da’we all a Cumbolo. Susan, da’we all a Cumbolo.2