{"id":18,"date":"2022-03-07T11:43:19","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T11:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bukusu.mulembenation.co.ke\/?p=18"},"modified":"2022-03-07T11:43:22","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T11:43:22","slug":"lyrics-amba-mutalya-bukusu-circumcision-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mulembenation.co.ke\/bukusu\/lyrics-amba-mutalya-bukusu-circumcision-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Lyrics to Amba Mutalya, a Bukusu circumcision song"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Amba mutalya<\/em> is a Bukusu circumcision song that is sung often one night before the day preceding circumcision. It is belongs to the category of Bukusu circumcision songs known as kimyenyakye khulanga<\/a> or songs for calling. These songs are performed during khulanga<\/a> when basinde<\/a> visit their clan members and friends inviting them to grace their occasion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meaning <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Amba mutalya instills courage to basinde encourages the initiate to embrace mutalya, while parsing the initiates relations and clan. It is a feel good song full of positivity whose simulating rhythm is set by the tune of chinyimba<\/a> which the initiates strikes as they dance through the village. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lyrics to amba mutalya<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This song follows the soloist (call) – audience (response) pattern. The lyrics in normal text are the soloist words, while those in bold are the response from the audience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bali nikhwembilisia bulai mutalya kuno khusuna mungaki nekhwlao\namba mutalya<\/strong><\/em>\nEnje chelechenje<\/a> kumumu kufwa mulamwa kasenda engubo \namba mutalya<\/strong><\/em>\nEnje chelechenje kumumu kufwa mulamwa kandabula engubo\namba mutalya<\/strong><\/em>\nBali ututu munyanga echo, khusuna mungaki nekhwilao \namba mutalya<\/em><\/strong>\nBali nacha khusikulu sia bolingo nacha khukhesia nende Wele \namba mutalya<\/strong><\/em>\nBali nekhwembilisia busa mutalya kuno bulusya bosi nebengila \namba mutalya<\/em><\/strong>\nBali khwimbilisia lundi \nAh webale oyee<\/em><\/strong>\namba mutalya<\/em><\/strong>\nKhwimba mutalya kwe baluyia \nAh webale oyee<\/em><\/strong>\namba mutalya<\/em><\/strong>\nEmbalu ye buluyia musibala muno bali Mango papa wakirera \namba mutalya<\/strong><\/em>\nBali ututu bali ututu munyanga echo bali Mango papa wakirera \namba mutalya<\/strong><\/em>\nNalangilisha lundi nalanga bona khane nalanga nende omubofu \namba mutalya<\/em><\/strong>\nNakhesia kwana kukhana kwanja khukhona kuli kumbafu,stiupidi khane Mango akubolele \namba mutalya<\/em><\/strong>\nKuli kumbafu, stiupidi khane ukimwi eli munda \namba mutalya<\/em><\/strong>\nBali ututu bali ututu munyanga echo khane ututu eli ne liloko \namba mutalya<\/em><\/strong>\nBali kwimbilisia lundi \nAh webale oyee<\/em><\/strong>\namba mutalya<\/em><\/strong>\nKhwimba mutalya kwe baluyia \nAh webale oyee<\/em><\/strong>\namba mutalya<\/strong><\/em>\nKuno mutalya nawe oloba \nAh webale oyee<\/em><\/strong>\namba mutalya<\/em><\/strong><\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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