Ezimaqiya (A woman's headdress)

Title: Ezimaqiya (A woman's headdress)
Creator: Group of old Hlubi men
Creator: Hugh Tracey
Subject: Folk music--Africa
Subject: Folk music--South Africa
Subject: Tembu (African people)
Subject: Field recordings
Subject: Folk songs, Xhosa
Subject: Africa, Sub-Saharan
Subject: Africa South Africa Matatiele f-sa
Date Issued: 1957
Date: 1957
Type: sound recordings
Type: field recordings
Type: sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/139555
Identifier: vital:37750
Identifier: International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
Identifier: TR049-01
Description: This rather mild-looking group were notable for a great variety of fur and feather headdresses, combined with porcupine quills. No particular pattern was follwed, simply the wearer's taste. The song is also sung on festive occassion. Post-initiation Giya dances with sticks.
Format: mp3
Format: 7" Reel
Format: 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
Format: Studer B67 Recorder
Format: Sound Forge V.6
Format: 00:08:18
Publisher: International Library of African Music
Language: Xhosa
Rights: International Library of African Music
Rights: Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons "Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike" License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/)

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