Add to ORKGIndividual men spring out from the circle of singers and start their cries and their own song. The performance is continuous. The occasion uopn which this kind of song is sung is immediately after a circumcision ceremony. Some Hlubi call this Giya, others Gwiya. Post-initiation Giya dances with sticks
"When you are struck by lightening, there is much bleeding from the gash. Dance song for young men a...
"Uhimila was so fine a dancer that even Kihimyali would bow down and clap his hands." All African tr...
Sung by the girls after the initiation ceremonies are over. They dress up in skins and wear small mi...
Indigenous folk song for the 'Giya' post-initiation dance, with singing accompanied by the sound of ...
Sung by initiates before circumcision. The words "Inakiya" and "Isele" are synonyms for "frog". Circ...
This particular group was very simple. The reaction to hearing the loudspeaker was immediately to jo...
This is an example of a song sung at the preliminary feast before circumcision. On the day before th...
Boys who are ready for initiation are warned in this song of the pain they muct experience and exhor...
This song was sung at an informal drinking party at a friend's hut. The singers were not informed be...
This a self praise song by boys and girls who are waiting during the Rika period prior to undergoing...
This rather mild-looking group were notable for a great variety of fur and feather headdresses, comb...
Boys who are ready for initiation are warned in this song of the pain they muct experience and exhor...
The three sections of which this group was formed performed "ukopaseka" at the end of the song. This...
Indigenous folk song sung after female circumcision, with singing and clapping, accompanied by brief...
The 2 drums set up a quick ripplig rhythm which is quickly followed by the typically antiphonal, cal...
"When you are struck by lightening, there is much bleeding from the gash. Dance song for young men a...
"Uhimila was so fine a dancer that even Kihimyali would bow down and clap his hands." All African tr...
Sung by the girls after the initiation ceremonies are over. They dress up in skins and wear small mi...
Indigenous folk song for the 'Giya' post-initiation dance, with singing accompanied by the sound of ...
Sung by initiates before circumcision. The words "Inakiya" and "Isele" are synonyms for "frog". Circ...
This particular group was very simple. The reaction to hearing the loudspeaker was immediately to jo...
This is an example of a song sung at the preliminary feast before circumcision. On the day before th...
Boys who are ready for initiation are warned in this song of the pain they muct experience and exhor...
This song was sung at an informal drinking party at a friend's hut. The singers were not informed be...
This a self praise song by boys and girls who are waiting during the Rika period prior to undergoing...
This rather mild-looking group were notable for a great variety of fur and feather headdresses, comb...
Boys who are ready for initiation are warned in this song of the pain they muct experience and exhor...
The three sections of which this group was formed performed "ukopaseka" at the end of the song. This...
Indigenous folk song sung after female circumcision, with singing and clapping, accompanied by brief...
The 2 drums set up a quick ripplig rhythm which is quickly followed by the typically antiphonal, cal...
"When you are struck by lightening, there is much bleeding from the gash. Dance song for young men a...
"Uhimila was so fine a dancer that even Kihimyali would bow down and clap his hands." All African tr...
Sung by the girls after the initiation ceremonies are over. They dress up in skins and wear small mi...