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Tsikidzi ~ Bed bugs “The story is about the bed bugs causing trouble in this marriage. The couple can’t enjoy their good time due to the biting.” Basic version (player #1) Chapters (select on video):00:00 Full basic version (demonstration)02:34 Simplified version04:12 End About Tsikidzi Chapters: This video needs translation and chapters. Variation 1 (player #2)…

“Vadzimu woye” ~~ “Oh ancestors [, please]”. Woye is a pleading word without a literal meaning. It can also be a response – if you call out someone’s name they may respond with woye, which translates to – yes? Like Kari mugomba, this song is Sekuru’s adaptation of a nhare song also called Tadzungaira, or…

“Hasa mukoma akasiya mwana” ~ “At least our brother left a child [a heir]”. Basic version (player #1) Chapters (select on video):00:00 Full basic version (demonstration)01:48 Simplified version About Hasa mukoma akasiya mwana Chapters: This video needs chapters, and translation of the first chapter. Variation 1 (player #2) Chapters:00:00 Full variation 1 (demonstration)01:27 Simplified version02:10…

“Chokwa Marembe” ~ “of Marembe” (meaning the song comes from the Marembe people’s region). Basic version (player #1) Chapters (select on video):00:00 Full basic version (demonstration)01:36 Left thumb + index finger02:36 Simplified version03:27 Minor changes on the right hand About Chokwa Marembe Chapters: This video needs translation and chapters. Variation 1 (player #2) Chapters:00:00 Full…

Hurombo ~ Poverty. “Rega kuchema hurombo” ~ “Stop whining [about your] poverty” Another “deep” song suitable for mhondoro ceremonies, but for the “lesser spirits”. Sekuru says it should be played at the end of a ceremony, after the other songs have been used to call the spirits, just to make people happy and dance in…

“Wako ndiwako” ~ “What is yours is yours”. Basic version (player #1) Chapters (select on video):00:00 Full basic version (demonstration)01:22 Left thumb + index finger01:53 Simplified version About Wako ndiwako Chapters:00:00 Purpose and meaning of the song07:05 Use for rainmaking10:49 Burial customs at the time12:42 Playing the song in biras14:10 Lyrics17:43 Other aspects of the…

“Nzou kudya mushonga” ~ “An elephant eating herbs” Full phrase: “Waiona poyi nzou kudya mushonga” ~ “Where did you ever see an elephant eating herbs?” (meaning gets explained in the About video). Of this song, Sekuru knows only one part. Basic version (player #1) Chapters (select on video):00:00 Full version (demonstration)01:21 Left thumb01:50 Simplified version…

“Musengu” ~ a name (Chief Msengu) This song shares some variations with Pasi panodya. Basic version (player #1) Chapters (select on video):00:00 Full basic version (demonstration)03:20 Left thumb + index finger04:04 Right thumb + index finger04:28 Left hand+ right thumb About Musengu Chapters:Lyrics This video needs more chapters. Variation 1 (player #2) Chapters:00:00 Full variation…

“Musumbu wo derere” ~ “Bundle of okra” “Kuyenda kuNyungwe kusunga musumbu wo dererere, uchisiya mukadzi wakanaka” ~ “Going to Nyungwe, tying a bundle of okra, you still left your good woman” (Zack Moon) Basic version (player #1) Chapters (select on video):00:00 Full basic version (demonstration)01:08 Left thumb + index finger01:42 Simplified version About Musumbu woderere…

“Pasi panodya” ~ “The earth/ground is devouring” This song shares some variations with Musengu, says Sekuru. Basic version (player #1) Chapters (select on video):00:00 Full basic version (demonstration)01:07 Left thumb01:40 Left thumb + index finger02:18 Left thumb + right thumb02:40 Left hand+ right thumb03:12 Simplified version04:25 Minor changes on the right hand About Pasi panodya…

“Kanotamba mubani” ~ “A little bird dancing in the veld” Another “big” song for the spirits. Basic version (player #1) Chapters:00:00 Full basic version (demonstration)02:22 Left thumb02:46 Left thumb + index finger03:52 Right thumb04:16 Simplified version05:23 Minor changes on the right hand About Kanotamba mubani Chapters: This video needs chapters. Variation 1 (player #2) Chapters:00:00…

Basic version (player #1) Chapters (select on video):00:00 Full basic version (demonstration)01:11 Left thumb02:29 Left hand + right thumb About Marume azere dare Chapters:00:00 About Marume azere dare02:43 The relevance of the Dare10:31 Message of the Song15:32 Marume ashora mambo / Washora mambo Variation 1 (player #2) Chapters:00:00 Full Variation 1 (demonstration)00:27 Left thumb03:19 Left…