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Mbira: Matepe dza mhondoro - a healing party

Title
Mbira: Matepe dza mhondoro - a healing party [electronic resource]
Publication
1978.

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Tracey, Andrew T. N.
  • Blank, Les.
  • Zantzinger, Alfred Gei.
Description
1 streaming video file (NTSC) (21 min.) : sd., col.
Summary
Music of the matepe (a type of mbira, or thumb piano), played by the Shona people of Rhodesia. The film opens with a solo performance by Thomas Dzamwarira, who sings and plays the matepe. In a ritual in the village of matepe player Saini Murira, music and dancing are employed to call the mhondoro spirits, who are responsible for healing.
Subject
  • Dance > Rhodesia (Region)
  • Mbira music
  • Medicine dance
  • Shona dance
Note
  • Producer: Gei Zantzinger, University of Pennsylvania Museum. Director: Andrew Tracey, International Library of African Music. Camera: Les Blank. Narrator: Rosemary Logie.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Funding (note)
  • Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Call Number
*MGZIDF 10198
OCLC
NYPY926062871-F
Title
Mbira: Matepe dza mhondoro - a healing party [electronic resource]
Imprint
1978.
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Funding
Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Local Note
Former call number: *MGZIC 9-3387.
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Local Subject
Ritual and ceremonial dancing -- Africa.
Local Subject
Television. Mbira: Matepe dza mhondoro.
Added Author
Tracey, Andrew T. N. Director
Blank, Les. Photographer
Zantzinger, Alfred Gei. Producer
Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 10198
*MGZIC 9-3387 (former)
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