6/8/2023 0 Comments Waputrick muziki tzOne example of this would be the umngqungqo dance performed by married woman at the intonjane ceremony marking girls' coming of age. At weddings, umbholorho (traditional songs) are accompanied by dancing known as umdudo (from the verb ukududa). Other prominent dances include ukuxhentsa, performed by girls and by traditional healers during their ceremonies, and umguyo (or ukuguya), performed by boys during their traditional initiation to manhood. One of the most revered traditional musicians is Madosini. Born in Mthatha in the Eastern Cape, she is one of a few remaining artists of her generation keeping the torch burning for traditional Xhosa music, specialising in overtone singing and composing for indigenous instruments such as the uhadi (music bow), umrhumbe (mouth bow) and isitolotolo (Jewish harp). Madosini has mentored other Xhosa speaking mainstream artists such as Thandiswa Mazwai and Camagwini. Dizu Plaatjies’ group Amampondo has since the 1980s also helped to put the traditional music of the amaXhosa on the map. IsiNdebele is a creole language which contains parts of every other tongue from South Africa.
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