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Mbira: Matepe dza mhondoro - a healing party

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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Mbira: Matepe dza mhondoro - a healing party

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Title
Mbira: Matepe dza mhondoro - a healing party
Names
Tracey, Andrew T. N. (Director)
Blank, Les (Photographer)
Zantzinger, Alfred Gei (Producer)
Collection

General Dance Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1978
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 10198
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-3387 (former)
Topics
Dance -- Rhodesia (Region)
Mbira music
Medicine dance
Shona dance
Genres
Music
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Documentary films
Motion pictures
Notes
Creation/production credits: Producer: Gei Zantzinger, University of Pennsylvania Museum. Director: Andrew Tracey, International Library of African Music. Camera: Les Blank.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Performers: Narrator: Rosemary Logie.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (U-matic) (21 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Description
Music of the matepe (a type of mbira, or thumb piano), played by the Shona people of Rhodesia. The film opens with a solo performance by Thomas Dzamwarira, who sings and plays the matepe. In a ritual in the village of matepe player Saini Murira, music and dancing are employed to call the mhondoro spirits, who are responsible for healing.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY926062871-F
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12173171
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e1696080-8cf3-0135-f35a-17e34a7974ee
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1978: Issued
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Mbira: Matepe dza mhondoro - a healing party" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1978. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/fcd9966a-1e89-47ca-b074-bd531e483da1

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Mbira: Matepe dza mhondoro - a healing party" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/fcd9966a-1e89-47ca-b074-bd531e483da1

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1978). Mbira: Matepe dza mhondoro - a healing party Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/fcd9966a-1e89-47ca-b074-bd531e483da1

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Mbira: Matepe dza mhondoro - a healing party