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Südafrika, Transvaal Tänze der Minenarbeiter von Vlakfontein: Sotho, Zulu, Shangaan, Ndau, Xhosa, Zingili.

Title
Südafrika, Transvaal [electronic resource] : Tänze der Minenarbeiter von Vlakfontein: Sotho, Zulu, Shangaan, Ndau, Xhosa, Zingili.
Publication
1968.

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Description
1 streaming video file (NTSC) (25 min.) : sd., col.
Summary
Filmed at a performance in the dancing-arena of the mines of Vlakfontein near Johannesburg. Men from different Bantu-speaking groups perform the following dances (identified by titles on tape): the Sotho "mohobelo"; the Zulu "ndlamu"; the Shangaan "makwaya"; the Zulu "ndlamu," performed by a group of boys; the Ndau "muchongolo," which incorporates acrobatic elements; the Xhosa-Amakewenkwe "umteyo"; and the Zingili "ndlamu."
Series Statement
Encyclopaedia cinematographica, E 1727
Subjects
Note
  • Filmed in 1968. Produced and distributed by the Institut für den Wissenschaftlichen Film, Göttingen, Germany.
  • English title: South Africa, Transvaal; Dances of the Vlakfontein mine workers: Sotho, Zulu, Shangaan, Ndau, Xhosa, Zingili. For a descriptive pamphlet in German, with English summary, see: *MGS (General) Encyclopaedia cinematographica.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video file online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Funding (note)
  • Preservation of this video was supported by a donation from Lynn Garafola.
Call Number
*MGZIDF 1623
OCLC
NYPY916004550-F
Title
Südafrika, Transvaal [electronic resource] : Tänze der Minenarbeiter von Vlakfontein: Sotho, Zulu, Shangaan, Ndau, Xhosa, Zingili.
Imprint
1968.
Series
Encyclopaedia cinematographica, E 1727
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video file online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Funding
Preservation of this video was supported by a donation from Lynn Garafola.
Local Note
Former call number: *MGZIC 9-2321
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Local Subject
Motion pictures. Südafrika, Transvaal.
Local Subject
Ndau (African people) -- Dances.
Xhosa (African people) -- Dances.
Child dancers.
Acrobatic dancing.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 1623
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