Suriname folk-lore

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e) Banya.¹

1 The character of this dance among the Saramaka people is more secular than in the city, and is known mostly to lower river villages. A probable derivation is the Coastal Fanti dance Bai nya, considered semi-sacred in character and important in the cycle of dances to insure prosperity, especially an abundant fishing catch.

98.

Mie go na li - ba - e Ka'i go - Mie go na ba - ti - ye
Ka'i go - Tio ka'i go - (...............) (5 times)
Ye ye ye - Ka'i go - Mie go na ba-ti - ye Ka'i go -

99.

Ba-ka den - tiye ti - de-o - Ba-ka den-tiye ti - de-o -
(..........) A ma-nya o - ga - nya ti - ya - ye - (5 times)
Ye ye ye - ye ye - ye -

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100.

Ɩ̨ŋ - gwa da li - o da - ti moi̯ moi̯ moi̯ Dan-go
Ɩ̨ŋ - gwa da li - o da - ti moi̯, moi̯, moi̯, O - pi - ti
Ɩ̨ŋ - gwa da li - o da - ti moi̯ mo - i -
Ɩ̨ŋ - gwa da li - o da - ti moi̯ - o -
Ɩ̨ŋ - gwa da li - o da - ti moi̯, moi̯, moi̯,
da - ti Ɩ̨ŋ - gwa da li - o da - ti moi̯ - o - i