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- 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.
- Subjects
- 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.
- Connect to:
- 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)