Vimbuza or Mashawe: mystic therapy
- Title
- Vimbuza or Mashawe: mystic therapy
- Type
- Text
- Language
- English
- Abstract
- Malawi is remarkably rich in traditional dance varieties. In a country with a population less than a third that of New York or London City there are well over 60 different kinds of dances. Dancing, one might say, is a nerve centre of the rural Malawi life where it serves multi-functions. These functions range from joy to hate. People dance for both joy and grief. There is an array of dances for work; hate; prosperity; praise; socialisation and invitation; entertainment; grief and for healing. Some dances have multiple roles and functions such that one dance may serve different purposes to the dancers, the organisers and the spectators
- Description
- pages: 6-9
- Created Date
- August 1, 1972
- Parent project
- International Library of African Music
- is funded by
-
Rhodes University
- Place of Origin
- South Africa
- Author
-
Chilivumbo, A. B.
Value Annotations
- Is Part Of
- University of Malawi
- License
- CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
- Access Rights
- Public
- DRE ID
- eaa-99-01cd
- Identifier
-
1413
Value Annotations
- Type
- Publisher, distributor, or vendor stock number
- WissKI URL
- 78415
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