- Title
- Masongano
- Creator
- Chabarwa Musunda Sinyoro
- Creator
- Hugh Tracey
- Subject
- Folk music--Africa
- Subject
- Shona (African people)
- Subject
- Folk music--Zimbabwe
- Subject
- Field recordings
- Subject
- Africa, Sub-Saharan
- Subject
- Zimbabwe
- Subject
- Africa Zimbabwe Salisbury f-rh
- Date Issued
- 1949
- Date
- 1949
- Type
- sound recordings
- Type
- field recordings
- Type
- sound recording-musical
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180167
- Identifier
- vital:43328
- Identifier
- International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
- Identifier
- TR172-05
- Description
- Of all the multiple souls, or Mashawi, with which each man and woman is blest, the Masangano or Parental souls are the most important. Continuity of the tribe is with most people a central belief and conviction. With the Karanga this is crystalized in the ritual of Masongano and of the Midzimu -the immediate dead. The Masongano are in the path. Mother, let me step over it. You, woman, when you are pregnant you are in the firplace, of that I am sure. When you eat pumpkins you must be uncomfortably full! Fair skinned women are thoughtless. Early in the morning they get up and go to the fireplace outside, you men. Short women are alert, and if I was asked about Zinembgwa, I would say it is a mature girl who cannot make fire. Leave your husband and let us dance. Anything that happens we will account for. What I have said is very little. Not enough to make you leave home! If women were eaten like meat, I would chose the rump steak. The rest of it I would throw to the dogs. Song for Mashawi souls with Njari (Mbira).
- Format
- mp3
- Format
- 7" Reel
- Format
- 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
- Format
- Studer B67 Recorder
- Format
- Sound Forge V.6
- Format
- 00:02:35
- Publisher
- International Library of African Music
- Language
- Shona
- 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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