10.25375/uct.7679645.v1
Engela Britz
Engela
Britz
Rieldans and Heuningbier
University of Cape Town
2019
rieldans
riel
IKS
heuningbier
South Africa
Khoe-San
Musicology and Ethnomusicology
2019-03-13 09:45:57
Media
https://zivahub.uct.ac.za/articles/media/Rieldans_and_Heuningbier/7679645
This audio sample accompanies Engela Britz's (2019) minor dissertation entitled "Songs in the Dust: <i>Riel </i>Music in the Northern and Western Cape, South Africa." Engela Britz made this recording in Brandvlei, on the 10th of January, 2018. <div><div><br></div><div><p>In a musical
demonstration of <i>langriel</i> and <i>kortriel</i>, Gert Swarts spontaneously made
some observations about <i>heuningbier </i>(honey
beer), which is mead brewed from honey/honeycomb and several other ingredients:</p>
<p> </p>
<p><i>[speel langriel] En as hy sommer wil die ding opwarm
dan sal hy vir jou altyd speel [speel kortriel] Dit is waneer julle met hom
begin. En jy moet onthou jou langriel is die man wat die son laat uitkom. As
julle klaar hier gebraai het en julle’t bietjie heuningbier gedrink, dan laat
hy die son uitkom. Ek moet nog loop werk, jou goed [vee] staan in die kraal. Ek
moet al daar gewees het maar daar dans ons die rieldans! Dis daar waar hulle
gisteraand vir jou gesê het van die heuningbier [...] Hy is die gesondste. Hy
is hy is kruie van elke blommetjie wat die heuningby die sappies van trek so
dra hy hom na sy nes toe [lang verduideliking oor hoe bye heuning maak]
[basiese verduideliking oor die proses van heuningbier brou] […] [speel weer
langriel]. </i></p>
<p><i> </i></p>
<p>[plays <i>langriel</i>] And if you want to heat things
up, you’d always play [demonstrates <i>kortriel</i>]
that is when you’d start with it. And you must remember that the <i>langriel </i>is the one that brings out the
sun. When you’ve <i>braaied</i> (barbecued)
and you’ve drunk <i>heuningbier</i> (honey
beer), it brings out the sun. I must go to work, the [livestock] are in the <i>kraal</i> (pen). I should have been there
already, but we’re still dancing the <i>rieldans</i>!
That’s what they told you about last night, the <i>heuningbier</i> […] It’s the healthiest. It has herbs from every flower
that the bee has drawn sap from and carried to its nest [lengthy explanation
about how bees make honey] [basic explanation about brewing <i>heuningbier</i>] [...] [resumes <i>langriel</i>]</p>
<p> </p><br></div></div>