Siavuma, Divining

Title: Siavuma, Divining
Performer / Recordist: Ndlovu, Nhongeni; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Pedi (African people); Folk music--South Africa; Field recordings
Description / content note: An add collection of old bones was picked up off the ground nearby to use for this sketch. The man taking the part of the diviner is a Shangaan man of the Gungunyana group many of whom cam from Mozambique to live among the Mapulana Pedi at the begining of the century. They still retain their Tsonga language but for many years both Pedi and Tsonga have become bilingual, understanding each others language without difficulty. Fortune telling sketch with bones
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Pedi
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa -- South Africa Bushbuck Ridge
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1963
Date issued / published: 1963
Identifier: TR194; 11
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:04:26
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/10962/188463