item Item : Music of the possession cult 17

Title
Music of the possession cult
Collector
Blacking, John
Collection
Venda Music: Recorded Examples by John Blacking [enregistrements accompagnant publication, accès en ligne]
Recording date
Jan. 1, 1958 - Dec. 31, 1958
Access type
full

Geographic and cultural informations

Location
Province du Limpopo
Location details
Gaba
Population / social group
Venda
Ethnographic context
Music of the possession cult, Gaba, 1958.

a) Tshele, sung by women accompanied with hand rattles, indoors, prior to the public dance of possession. (0:45)

b) Ngoma dza midzimu, sung by members of the cult and others, accompanied by drums. See HM, illus. following p. 18. (1:45)

Musical informations

Number Composition Vernacular name Interprets

Archiving data

Code
CNRSMH_E_1976_018_001_017
Original code
BM.1976.014.001:01-17
Item number
17
Remarks
Last modification
Oct. 5, 2013, 2:32 p.m.

Technical data

Media type
Audio