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Music and spirit possession at a Shona bira
African Music Journal • 5 (4) • Published In 1975 • Pages: 130-139
By: Berliner, Paul, African Music Society (south Africa), International Library Of African Music..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document describes spirit possession ceremonies ([n]bira[/n]) with particular emphasis on the nature of the music and the interaction among participants at these events. It argues that rituals provide everyone an opportunity to take part by singing, dancing and sharing community sentiment.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Revelation and divination
- General character of religion
- Eschatology
- Cult of the dead
- Organized ceremonial
- Theory of disease
- Sorcery
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Music
- Musical instruments
- Dance
- Verbal arts
- Social personality
- Spectacles
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Shona
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2014
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi A. Adem; 2012
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1971-1975
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1971-1975
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Zimbabwe
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Paul Berliner
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 138)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 60045755
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Shona (African people)