item Item : The girls’ play-dance, tshigombela _13

Title
The girls’ play-dance, tshigombela
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
Population / social group
Venda
Ethnographic context
The girls’ play-dance, tshigombela. Three excerpts from a 20-minute performance by girls from Magidi, led by Tshidavhula Vhuromu at Tshivhambe, while on bepha musical expedition in 1958: (a) shortly after the beginning of the song Nne ro betsha, leg rattles are audible as the girls dance round in a circle; (b) the pitch has risen, and the chorus sounds different after about 10 minutes; (c) the whistles are blown energetically by girls who come out to dance in pairs and threes, and the end of the dance is signaled by an iambic beat on the drum. See HM, illus. following p. 18. (3:10)

Musical informations

Number Composition Vernacular name Interprets

Archiving data

Code
CNRSMH_E_1976_018_001_13
Original code
BM.1976.014.001:01-13
Item number
_13
Remarks
Last modification
Oct. 5, 2013, 2:25 p.m.