The 1973 Mgodo wa Mbanguzi
Documents a performance of the music and dance known as mgodo, composed for a Chopi village in southern Mozambique. Dancers are accompanied by large timbila (xylophone) orchestras. History and current affairs are contained in the texts of the suites, along with preoccupations of tribe members about...
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University Park, PA :
Audio-Visual Services, Pennsylvania State University,
c1974.
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Table of Contents:
- Mtsitso wokata (1st orchestral introduction) / Mataule
- Mtsitso wombidi (2nd orchestral introduction) / Valenti
- Mtsitso woraru (3rd orchestral introduction) ; Mtsitso womune (4th orchestral introduction for calling the dancers) / Makauziane
- Kuhauzela (shouts)
- Mngeno (entry of the dancers) ; Chidanwana (call of the dancers) / Mataule
- Mchuyo (shield and spear movement) / Valenti
- Chibhudhu (the dance) / Mataule
- Mzeno (the song) ; Mbandla (the councillors) / Sathanyana
- Mtsitso wokugwitsa (orchestral finale) / Mataule.