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Swazi Music
Swazi music may refer to: * Music of Eswatini * Ethnic Swazi music {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Of Eswatini
The music of Eswatini is composed of both ethnic Swazi music and varieties of folk music as well as modern genres such as rock, pop and hip hop, which has been popular in Eswatini since headed by bands such as Vamoose. The popularity of hip hop in South Africa, which shares a border with Eswatini, has also helped popularize it. Two major festivals in the country are Incwala and Umhlanga.Maps of World – Swaziland Retrieved 2013-10-25. The former takes place in December while the latter takes place in August. Umhlanga is known for its dance, performed exclusively by women, and its 5-day ceremony, which involves reed-cutting. Traditional instruments used include: the horn, |
Ethnic Swazi Music
The Swazi are an ethnic group split between South Africa and Eswatini. The Swazis in South Africa became a major part of South African music, though they were not identified as "Swazi musicians", but rather as "South African musicians"; these included Zacks Nkosi, who began in the 1940s as a jazz musician. Traditional instruments * Makhweyane: a single-stringed, gourd-resonated musical bow The musical bow (bowstring or string bow, a subset of bar zithers) is a simple string instrument used by a number of South African peoples, which is also found in the Americas via slave trade. It consists of a flexible, usually wooden, stick 1. ... References {{reflist External linksDownload sample(2009-10-31) Music of Eswatini South African styles of music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |