Mtshawzo (To dance)

Title: Mtshawzo (To dance)
Performer / Recordist: Group of Xhosa/Gcaleka women; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Folk songs, Xhosa
Description / content note: The women of the Xhosa have special dances of their own, rather static, as might be expected of a people who live in a climate which can be very cold and wet, where most dancing must be done inside the huts to avoid the constant winds from the sea which drive over the downs. (Women dance for dancing at night inside the hut, with clapping.
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Xhosa
Place of recording: Africa -- South Africa Willowvale
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1957
Date issued / published: 1957
Identifier: TR028; 10
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:52
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/10962/136142