Mandowa (Part 1)

Title: Mandowa (Part 1)
Performer / Recordist: Zhuake Masingi (Performer); Composer not specified; Hugh Tracey
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Folk dance music; Instrumental music; Mbira
Description / content note: The mbira is not used during the dance itself, but the melodies have been taken from the dance songs. The Mandowa acrobatic dance is very popular in the mine compounds of the Witswatersrand. The origin of all 4 tunes in the Makulane district, near Nova Mambone, which lies along the south of the mouth of the Sabi (or Save) river. The tuning of the mbira was as follows:- 368, 328, 252, 216, 202, 184 vs. Four old dance tunes for the Mandowa tumbling dance with mbira dza WaNdau.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Ndau
Place of recording: Africa -- Mozambique Makulane
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1954
Date issued / published: 1954
Identifier: TR003; 1
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:01:31
File format: wav
Sample Rate: 15 ips reel
Digitisation (original): 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo; Studer B67 Recorder; Sound Forge V.6
Rights Holder: International Library of African Music
License: CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Access Rights: Public
Is Part Of: ILAM Hugh Tracey Sound of Africa Series
Format: audio/mp3
Genre: field recordings
handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/131956