The significance of music in the performance of svikwembu ritual practices amongst the Shangana Tsonga people of semi-urban southern Mozambique

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dc.contributor.advisorNixon, Michaelen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMazuze, Ivan Félix da Conceiçãoen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-06T11:30:36Z
dc.date.available2014-10-06T11:30:36Z
dc.date.issued2006en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 117-123).en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis research investigates the significance of music in svikwembu. one of the most regularly used ritual practices amongst the Shangana Tsonga people of southern Mozambique, specifically in the Maputo province. The significance and importance of music is applied to all practitioners of svikwembu. Svikwembu includes trance (spirit possession), divination, consultation (leu pahla), exorcism (kufemba) and healing practices. Music activity has different functions in each of the above-mentioned practices. Specific instruments (gocha, ngoma, ntxomana, and whistle) and styles of music (Ndau, Nguni, mahlonga and Monhe) are used and performed in these set ritual practices. The main purpose of this thesis is to find out why music has to be performed in order to establish communication between the practitioners of the medium of svikwembu (traditional healers) and spirits (Ndau, Nguoi, mahlonga and Monbe). This thesis aims to fill a gap in the field of knowledge concerning music, trance and spirit possession of the Shangana Tsonga of southern Mozambiqueen_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationMazuze, I. F. d. C. (2006). <i>The significance of music in the performance of svikwembu ritual practices amongst the Shangana Tsonga people of semi-urban southern Mozambique</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,College of Music. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8139en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMazuze, Ivan Félix da Conceição. <i>"The significance of music in the performance of svikwembu ritual practices amongst the Shangana Tsonga people of semi-urban southern Mozambique."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,College of Music, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8139en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMazuze, I. 2006. The significance of music in the performance of svikwembu ritual practices amongst the Shangana Tsonga people of semi-urban southern Mozambique. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Mazuze, Ivan Félix da Conceição AB - This research investigates the significance of music in svikwembu. one of the most regularly used ritual practices amongst the Shangana Tsonga people of southern Mozambique, specifically in the Maputo province. The significance and importance of music is applied to all practitioners of svikwembu. Svikwembu includes trance (spirit possession), divination, consultation (leu pahla), exorcism (kufemba) and healing practices. Music activity has different functions in each of the above-mentioned practices. Specific instruments (gocha, ngoma, ntxomana, and whistle) and styles of music (Ndau, Nguni, mahlonga and Monhe) are used and performed in these set ritual practices. The main purpose of this thesis is to find out why music has to be performed in order to establish communication between the practitioners of the medium of svikwembu (traditional healers) and spirits (Ndau, Nguoi, mahlonga and Monbe). This thesis aims to fill a gap in the field of knowledge concerning music, trance and spirit possession of the Shangana Tsonga of southern Mozambique DA - 2006 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2006 T1 - The significance of music in the performance of svikwembu ritual practices amongst the Shangana Tsonga people of semi-urban southern Mozambique TI - The significance of music in the performance of svikwembu ritual practices amongst the Shangana Tsonga people of semi-urban southern Mozambique UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8139 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMazuze IFdC. The significance of music in the performance of svikwembu ritual practices amongst the Shangana Tsonga people of semi-urban southern Mozambique. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,College of Music, 2006 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8139en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentCollege of Musicen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherMusicen_ZA
dc.titleThe significance of music in the performance of svikwembu ritual practices amongst the Shangana Tsonga people of semi-urban southern Mozambiqueen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnameMMusen_ZA
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