Ambient Sound Recording of Water Drawing by Pastoralists

A single WAV audio file captures ambient sound of women drawing water from a beri, with livestock audible in the background. The recording was created by author Aabha Chhajer and uploaded to figshare in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze ambient sound features like livestock vocalizations and human activity for pastoralist community studies.
• Use the WAV audio as a sample for training models to detect water-drawing activities in rural environments.
• Benchmark audio classification algorithms on recordings containing specific environmental sounds like water movement.
• Study the acoustic signature of a beri water source for anthropological or environmental monitoring research.

Strengths

• Audio data is provided in a standard WAV format suitable for direct analysis.
• The recording captures a specific, documented activity (water drawing) with contextual sounds.

Limitations

• The dataset consists of a single audio file, offering no sample size for statistical analysis.
• No metadata or transcriptions are provided, limiting contextual understanding of the recording.
• The 8.6 MB size indicates a short recording, potentially covering only a brief event.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Field audio recording.