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The Village Where Every Person’s Name Is a Song Re-Listen

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Kong Tong Name Songs

There's no musical notation for the song. Most of these song names have both a short and long versionso the shor deversion is about five seconds. Women who leave kong tong, they take the tradition with them. And if a woman s from another village that doesn't have song names and marries someone in conton, their mother in law will give them their own tune.

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