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Another prominent event is the Standard Bank Luju Food & Lifestyle Festival which is a feast of music, fashion, culinary exploits, and connoisseur led premium wine & whiskey showcases. Traditional festivals in the country include Incwala and Umhlanga. [1] The former takes place in December while the latter takes place in August.
The anthem includes several typically Swazi features, such as intricate polyphony, [2] the principle of 'non-simultaneous entry' of voice parts; certain melodic and harmonic allusions to traditional practice; and a relatively strict adherence to Swazi prosodic conventions, the rhythmic setting of words to music. [3]
The Swazi are an ethnic group split between South Africa and Eswatini.The Swazis in South Africa became a major part of South African music, though they were not identified as "Swazi musicians", but rather as "South African musicians"; these included Zacks Nkosi, who began in the 1940s as a jazz musician.
The Swazi people are composed of various Nguni clans who speak the Nguni language siSwati. These people mostly reside in Eswatini and South Africa. Presently, Swazi people may also include citizens of Eswatini. In Eswatini, one of the most visible features of cultural identity is the traditional political structure of the nation and the home.
"Mine Bengidzakiwe" is a traditional song whose composer is anonymous. The song is still sung in Swaziland's ceremonies. The direct translation of the title is "I was drunk". It concerns a typical African homestead where a husband has two wives. One wife locks the other in a "hut" (traditional kitchen) in the hope of being alone with the husband.
Swazi warriors dancing incwala. Incwala (Swazi:) is the main ritual of kingship in the Kingdom of Eswatini. [1] [2] This is a national event that takes place during the summer solstice. [3] The main participant in incwala is the King of Eswatini; when there is no king there is no incwala. [4]
The music and dance of mhande are intricately intertwined. [2] Similar to other forms of traditional Shona music, like mbira, the mhande music features a triple meter, a cyclical structure, and polyrhythms. These interwoven rhythms emerge from the drummers, dancers' footwork, singers, and the makwa hand-clapping by participants or observers.
Umhlanga [um̩ɬaːŋɡa], or Reed Dance ceremony, is an annual Swazi event that takes place at the end of August or at the beginning of September. [1] In Eswatini, tens of thousands of unmarried and childless Swazi girls and women travel from the various chiefdoms to the Ludzidzini Royal Village to participate in the eight-day event. [2]