Travel of Giovanni Miani towards the sources of the Nile

Title
Travel of Giovanni Miani towards the sources of the Nile
Description
Giovanni Miani began his voyage on May 1, 1859, from Cairo after making arrangements to finance the expedition with French traders. The account of the trip is preceded by other notes dating from the years 1830, 1842, 1854, 1856, 1857 and 1858.
Travel type
Exploration
Historical period
Late modern period
Departure Place
Cairo - Egypt
Departure Year
1859
Arrival Place
Cairo - Egypt
Arrival Year
1860
Observations on the travel
Miani's only diary that reports musical events is the first of the journey carried out between 1859 and 1860. In the 1860-61 expedition and in the one to Monbuttu (1871-72) there are no musical events.
The dots on the map indicate the places where sound and music events were described. They don't represent travel stages.
Sources
1
Events description
47
1. The sound of the shepherd's horn in the tribe of Giubba
2. The ox horn known as Sciofar
3. The sound of Toski's rocks
4. The sailors' song of joy
5. Music, dancing and birdsong in a Dongola garden
6. Dance of women to the sound of clapping hands and the lyre
7. Women's dances, songs and movements
8. Moment of dance and music
9. Miani plays for Mr. Peney and his team
10. Communication between tribes with the "nugara"
11. "Adda-bitaa-el-Muraka" sings while she works
12. Moments of music and singing on a boat trip
13. Bells tied to the "Bun"'s belts
14. Music and dances from Sudan
15. Shouts of women and soldiers
16. The cries of the hippos
17. Dinka song with a reference to an Italian song
18. Dance and musical instruments of the Shilluk
19. The meaning of "nugara"'s blows
20. Other meanings of "nugara" strokes
21. Sound of the skirts of the young girls and their dance
22. The skirts of "Dor" women
23. Dances and ivory trumpets of the Zande (ethnic group)
24. Dances in honor of the "Nuer" divinity
25. The song "Tan-majòk" that accompanies the elephant hunt
26. Three oxen venerated by the "Kic" and their priorities
27. "Kic" and "Nuer" use the same song in elephant hunting
28. Ventrilopes
29. Songs and dances of "Scir" women
30. Large drum in the Bôr ethnic group
31. Bari clothing names the "kaffira" (skirt with iron pipes)
32. Sing, music and dance of the Bari ethnic group
33. A trumpet as payment for anchorage at the port
34. The "nugara" did not work as a call for help
35. Commands given to soldiers with fife and drum
36. Dinner with choreographic and vocal accompaniment
37. Players and singers in the house of Miani
38. Moments of dance and song also witnessed thanks to a draftsman
39. Caravan with drums and fifes
40. Musical instruments announce the departure of the caravan
41. Miani gets musical instruments and "kaffire"
42. The noise of goats and lambs
43. Music and dances welcome Miani to Gondokoro
44. "Tree of the drum" along the river
45. Sounds on departure from Sudan's capital
46. Bird sounds and other animals
47. A moment of music among travelers
Narrators
1
Participants
0
Places
20
Sounds
96
How to quote
Murarotto E., "Travel of Giovanni Miani towards the sources of the Nile" (Travel), Echos. Sound Ecosystems in Travelogues. Published 2023 08 19.

doi: 10.25430/echos.travels.48

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