All the people moving anti-clockwise around the three drums. The opening of the Sibewa movement illustrates the method of starting a pipe dance and the difficulty they experience in the initial fitting in of the various pipe parts. Once the third player came in, in between the other two, the music came alive and all joined in with a will. "Up there where we were born, the mealies are finished so we will eat wheat. Up there where we carry baskets the mealies are finished and we will eat corn." Initiation song and pipe dance, with 4 metal pipes and 3 drums Moropa o muyana and Moropa o mkula, 1 bushbuck horn and 1 kudu hor
The tuning of the horns seems to be entirely hapharzard and is controlled by the fortuitous length a...
Fwandoula dance song with 3 conical drums, handbeaten, 1 stick (tapped on side of drum) and rattle
The item starts with the sound of the double bell and a weighted drum, follwed by the recitative sta...
They approach from the distance with the Madika initiated, and then start a circle dance. Initiation...
"You are giving me a lot of trouble. Go and eat food prepared by my mother on a basket. You will fin...
The players start to play begining with the pipe 3rd from the lowest. Each piper above then takes hi...
A good example of Malipenga and dancing. This is the opening movement of the dance. The word Muganda...
Maza dance for men and women with 1 slit drum (canoe), 1 weighted cylindrical drum (Nguma), open han...
The music for the Zande round dance. All the dancers perform the same steps in unison, short quick s...
The reed pipe players both sang and blowed their pipes alternately each having a distinct part in th...
The music for the Zande round dance. All the dancers perform the same steps in unison, short quick s...
Pipe dance song accompanied by the Viyanzi verticle flute, 2 friction sticks and tin rattle
The names of the drums from small to large are: Gogogo, Chamutanda, Muntundu, Pininga and Pati. The ...
"We are greeting you all. Our 'Gwelo' Band will dance different steps for you." Many of these groups...
This song os sung with the accompanying dance, in order to ask the Chief's pernission to go to the i...
The tuning of the horns seems to be entirely hapharzard and is controlled by the fortuitous length a...
Fwandoula dance song with 3 conical drums, handbeaten, 1 stick (tapped on side of drum) and rattle
The item starts with the sound of the double bell and a weighted drum, follwed by the recitative sta...
They approach from the distance with the Madika initiated, and then start a circle dance. Initiation...
"You are giving me a lot of trouble. Go and eat food prepared by my mother on a basket. You will fin...
The players start to play begining with the pipe 3rd from the lowest. Each piper above then takes hi...
A good example of Malipenga and dancing. This is the opening movement of the dance. The word Muganda...
Maza dance for men and women with 1 slit drum (canoe), 1 weighted cylindrical drum (Nguma), open han...
The music for the Zande round dance. All the dancers perform the same steps in unison, short quick s...
The reed pipe players both sang and blowed their pipes alternately each having a distinct part in th...
The music for the Zande round dance. All the dancers perform the same steps in unison, short quick s...
Pipe dance song accompanied by the Viyanzi verticle flute, 2 friction sticks and tin rattle
The names of the drums from small to large are: Gogogo, Chamutanda, Muntundu, Pininga and Pati. The ...
"We are greeting you all. Our 'Gwelo' Band will dance different steps for you." Many of these groups...
This song os sung with the accompanying dance, in order to ask the Chief's pernission to go to the i...
The tuning of the horns seems to be entirely hapharzard and is controlled by the fortuitous length a...
Fwandoula dance song with 3 conical drums, handbeaten, 1 stick (tapped on side of drum) and rattle
The item starts with the sound of the double bell and a weighted drum, follwed by the recitative sta...