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    This folk song from the Kiluba people of Congo describes a boy named Yaku ladling a banana into his aunt's red hat under a pineapple tree. The song repeats the words "banana" and "Yaku ladles a banana into his aunt's red hat" throughout, telling the story in a repetitive format.

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    This folk song from the Kiluba people of Congo describes a boy named Yaku ladling a banana into his aunt's red hat under a pineapple tree. The song repeats the words "banana" and "Yaku ladles a banana into his aunt's red hat" throughout, telling the story in a repetitive format.

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    Banaha Banana (Soldier's Song) : Folk Song (Kiluba) Folk Song

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    emilymacklow
    This folk song from the Kiluba people of Congo describes a boy named Yaku ladling a banana into his aunt's red hat under a pineapple tree. The song repeats the words "banana" and "Yaku ladles a banana into his aunt's red hat" throughout, telling the story in a repetitive format.

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    Banaha Banana (Soldier's

    Folk Song
    Song)
    Folk Song
    (Kiluba)

    Sisi, sisi, dolada,



    Yaku sine ladu banaha.
 (English)
    Sisi, sisi, dolada,

    Yaku sine ladu banaha.

    
 At the foot of the pineapple tree
    Yaku ladles a banana into his aunt's red hat.
    Banaha, banaha,
 At the foot of the pineapple tree
    Yaku ladles a banana into his aunt's red hat.
    Yaku sine ladu banaha.

    Banaha, banaha,
 Banana, banana,
    Yaku ladles a banana into his aunt's red hat.
    Yaku sine ladu banaha.
 Banana, banana,
    Yaku ladles a banana into his aunt's red hat.
    

    Ha, banaha, 
 Banana, banana,
    Yaku ladles a banana into his aunt's red hat.
    Yaku sine ladu banaha.
 Banana, banana,
    Ha, banaha, 
 Yaku ladles a banana into his aunt's red hat.

    Yaku sine ladu banaha.

    This song is from the Katanga Province in


    southern Congo.

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