Were

Title: Were
Creator: Zaka Shawa
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 Zaka f-rh
Date Issued: 1949
Date: 1949
Type: sound recordings
Type: field recordings
Type: sound recording-musical
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/180372
Identifier: vital:43357
Identifier: International Library of African Music, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
Identifier: TR173-05
Description: The Songano Souls (Mashawi) are the guardians of the parental instinct in both men and women. They are said to be the most important of all the souls. They represent the affection for children on the part of both parents. The traditional instrument with which to honour the Masongano souls in this part of panpipes of which there are very few left. The player, a very old man holds the panpipes in one hand and a gourd rattle in the other. This brief recording of less than half a minute's duration may be one of the best echoes of a faith which believed in the virtue of the sound of the panpipes as a devotional exercise. Tune for the Songano Mashawi with Mikwati Wenyere (Pan pipes) and Hosho (rattke).
Format: mp3
Format: 7" Reel
Format: 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo
Format: Studer B67 Recorder
Format: Sound Forge V.6
Format: 00:00:27
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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