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The Chopi speak Chichopi, a tonal language in the Bantu family, with many also speaking chiTonga and Portuguese as secondary languages
Xylophone made up of wooden slats of the sneezewort tree, called mhwnjhe in Chopi, and dried masala fruit shells or calabashes as resonators
The skill of playing timbila is passed within families from one generation to the next. In Chopi culture it was traditionally used as an initiation passage for boys into adulthood, and often children would play alongside their grandfathers in an orchestra.
Trans-Saharan Trade Routes
East Africa Map
Indian Ocean Trade Routes
Burundi has a unique and long-standing musical heritage
At family gatherings Imvyino songs are sung
Indirimbo song
Men sing kwishongora, whereas women sing bilito
Songs are played on the inanga, idono, the ikihusehama, and the ikimbe, a linguaphone
Drums are also very important.
Acholi of South Sudan
Traditional Dance
Contemporary Approaches to Traditional Dance
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