Music and spirit possession at a Shona Bira
Abstract
- Abstract
- During the year 1971-72 and the summers of 1974 and 1975, in which I carried out field research in Rhodesia on mbira music, I had the opportunity to attend as an observer and, at times, as a performer, over thirty spirit possession ceremonies held by members of the traditionalist segment of Shona culture. At these events villagers participate with tremendous energy and the intensity of their music is deeply moving. In this article, my aim is to describe the purpose underlying Shona spirit possession ceremonies as well as the nature of the music and the interaction among participants at these events
Description
- Description
- pages: 130-139
Subjects
- Subject
- African Music
People & roles
- Author
-
Berliner, Paul
Value Annotations
Value Annotations
- Is Part Of
- North-West University
Origins & context
- Title
- Music and spirit possession at a Shona Bira
- Type
- Text
- Language
- English
- Parent project
- International Library of African Music
- is funded by
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Rhodes University
- Place of Origin
- South Africa
- Created Date
- November 30, 1975
Rights & access
- License
- CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
- Access Rights
- Public
Identifiers & sources
- DRE ID
- eaa-99-01f2
- Identifier
-
1620
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- Type
- Publisher, distributor, or vendor stock number
Further details
- WissKI URL
- 78711