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Mbira-matepe dza mhondoro : a healing party

Deals with various aspects of Zimbabwe cultural anthropology. During the reenactment of a healing ceremony, Saini Murira leads a group which performs songs played on a type of mbira called the matepe dza mhondoro or deep notes of the lion spirits. Before and after attending the patient, two mediums dance to the sounds of mbiras, rattles, drums, and singers.

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  • "Matepe dza mhondoro"
  • "Matepe dza mhondoro"@en
  • "Healing party"
  • "Healing party"@en

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  • "Deals with various aspects of Zimbabwe cultural anthropology. During the reenactment of a healing ceremony, Saini Murira leads a group which performs songs played on a type of mbira called the matepe dza mhondoro or deep notes of the lion spirits. Before and after attending the patient, two mediums dance to the sounds of mbiras, rattles, drums, and singers."@en
  • "Deals with various aspects of Zimbabwe cultural anthropology. During the reenactment of a healing ceremony, Saini Murira leads a group which performs songs played on a type of mbira called the matepe dza mhondoro or deep notes of the lion spirits. Before and after attending the patient, two mediums dance to the sounds of mbiras, rattles, drums, and singers."
  • "Film opens with short solo performance of matepe (a mbira of the Shona people of Zimbabwe) and vocal music by Thomas Dzamwarira, and continues with footage of a ritual in the village of matepe player Saini Murira. The mhondoro, or healing spirits, are called forth with music and dancing."@en
  • "Deals with various aspects of South African cultural anthropology. During the reenactment of a healing ceremony, Saini Murira leads a group which performs songs played on a type of mbira called the matepe dza mhondoro. Before and after attending the patient, two mediums dance to the sounds of mbiras, rattles, drums, and singers."
  • ""This reenactment of a healing ceremony provides the stage for the performance of two songs played on another type of mbira, the Matepe dza Mhondoro ("the deep notes of the lion spirits"). Saint Murira, a famous mbira player, leads a group of four players as they help the spirit mediums attain the trance state.""

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  • "Nonfiction films"@en
  • "Nonfiction films"
  • "Short films"@en
  • "Short films"
  • "Documentary films"@en
  • "Documentary films"

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  • "Mbira-matepe dza mhondoro : a healing party"@en
  • "Mbira-matepe dza mhondoro a healing party, with Saini Murira and Thomas Dzamwarira"@en
  • "Mbira: Matepe dza mhondoro - a healing party [videorecording]"
  • "Mbira Matepe dza Mhondoro : a healing party"
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  • "Mbira matepe dza mhondoro : a healing party"
  • "Mbira matepe dza mhondoro : a healing party, with Saini Murira and Thomas Dzamwarira"

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