Add to ORKGThere is a belief that those who wear moustaches or beards are given to the practise of witchcraft. And the song warns them to be careful or they will not receive proper burial when they die, but their bodies will be thrown away in the bush. The leader of this song of Ngoni dancers was a much older man than the dancers. Mbanda dance song with leg rattles
Igumira was a local chief who used to go over into Rwanda and raid tribes there, the Tutsi and the H...
"We have handcuffed them, we of Linga Boma. Although you are proud today, you will see!" The dancers...
Many of the best pieces of music in South Rhodesia are dedicated to the traditional belief in Mashaw...
Secret socities, charms and occult ideas are an everyday part of the lives of the Sukuma people. Cha...
One of the best known tunes in all the Shona area of Southern Rhodesia. It has been associated with ...
Secret socities, charms and occult ideas are an everyday part of the lives of the Sukuma people. Cha...
A dance song for Bushika dance for royal occassions in order to remeber old chiefs
The leader disapproved of the singing of the women who persisted in putting their black bourkas over...
This song encourages the Nyoro to sing and dance well. The leg rattles are the rhythmic feature of t...
'Samandenga' or 'Samanyemba' frequently occurs in S.Rhodesian songs. In this case Samandenga is a fi...
"The name of the dance means "Go as you please" and it appears gives the dancers the freedom to do s...
The sound of the women's feet can be heard on the hard dusty ground. "Honour" is used in the opposit...
The mask is made in wood and with plaited hair. It is used for the dance of Kounga.; The Kounga is a...
"Uhimila was so fine a dancer that even Kihimyali would bow down and clap his hands." All African tr...
"We should eat together, but that does not mean we should share the same woman." The leader was dres...
Igumira was a local chief who used to go over into Rwanda and raid tribes there, the Tutsi and the H...
"We have handcuffed them, we of Linga Boma. Although you are proud today, you will see!" The dancers...
Many of the best pieces of music in South Rhodesia are dedicated to the traditional belief in Mashaw...
Secret socities, charms and occult ideas are an everyday part of the lives of the Sukuma people. Cha...
One of the best known tunes in all the Shona area of Southern Rhodesia. It has been associated with ...
Secret socities, charms and occult ideas are an everyday part of the lives of the Sukuma people. Cha...
A dance song for Bushika dance for royal occassions in order to remeber old chiefs
The leader disapproved of the singing of the women who persisted in putting their black bourkas over...
This song encourages the Nyoro to sing and dance well. The leg rattles are the rhythmic feature of t...
'Samandenga' or 'Samanyemba' frequently occurs in S.Rhodesian songs. In this case Samandenga is a fi...
"The name of the dance means "Go as you please" and it appears gives the dancers the freedom to do s...
The sound of the women's feet can be heard on the hard dusty ground. "Honour" is used in the opposit...
The mask is made in wood and with plaited hair. It is used for the dance of Kounga.; The Kounga is a...
"Uhimila was so fine a dancer that even Kihimyali would bow down and clap his hands." All African tr...
"We should eat together, but that does not mean we should share the same woman." The leader was dres...
Igumira was a local chief who used to go over into Rwanda and raid tribes there, the Tutsi and the H...
"We have handcuffed them, we of Linga Boma. Although you are proud today, you will see!" The dancers...
Many of the best pieces of music in South Rhodesia are dedicated to the traditional belief in Mashaw...