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Zimbabwean music is heavily reliant on the use of instruments such as the mbira, Ngoma drums and hosho. Their music symbolizes much more than a simple rhythm, as the folk and pop style styled music was used as a symbol of hope for Zimbabweans looking to gain independence from Rhodesia . [ 1 ]
Shona music is the music of the Shona people of Zimbabwe.There are several different types of traditional Shona music including mbira, singing, hosho and drumming.Very often, this music will be accompanied by dancing, and participation by the audience.
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Ngoma drums in Tanzania. The ngoma drum is known as engoma throughout the African Great Lakes region. In Swahili, ngoma resulted because of unease in pronouncing engoma by dropping the syllable e. The Banyankore hold drums in high regard; especially the royal drums headed by Bagyendanwa, without which a prince never laid claim to kingship.
The three distinctive instruments of Zimbabwe include drums (ngomas), the mbira, (hosho) and the marimba.Different sizes, shapes, tightness of the membranes, and materials used to make drums produce different tones and pitches, just as the different sized wood strips of a marimba create different tones.
It serves as an artistic expression of the values and beliefs of the rural Karanga community in the Shurugwi District of Zimbabwe. [11] Mhande provides a platform for Zimbabweans and other participants to convey their values through indigenous contexts: the Kurova guva and the Mutoro, representing the settlement of ancestral spirits and rain ...
In Zimbabwe, it is the most well-liked Ndau dance. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In Zimbabwe's Chipinge , Chimanimani , Chiredzi , and Buhera districts , muchongoyo is a traditional dance that is performed for celebratory purposes or events of cultural significance such as burials of chief and royals.
Mbira (/ ə m ˈ b ɪər ə / əm-BEER-ə) are a family of musical instruments, traditional to the Shona people of Zimbabwe.They consist of a wooden board (often fitted with a resonator) with attached staggered metal tines, played by holding the instrument in the hands and plucking the tines with the thumbs (at minimum), the right forefinger (most mbira), and sometimes the left forefinger.