Mbira Hut Project - Chiriseri, Kagande Kraal village in Bindura Zimbabwe

This item relates to the PhD research of Chartwell Dutiro at Bath Spa University, the Mbira Hut Project. Kagande village is under Chief Masembura, in the Bindura district in Zimbabwe. This is the village where Chartwell Dutiro was born and where he lived for the first twenty years of his life.Ndonga Mahwe is a ritual ceremony taking place in the village. The community gathers for three days. There is musicking through mbira music, singing, drumming, dancing, food and drinks. The last day of this ritual ceremony, the community goes to the graves and evokes the spirits to bring the ancestors back home. The ancestors have to be brought back home to be able to inhabit a medium during a bira ritual ceremony. A bira is a ceremony in which mbira music could be played for the whole night.The people participate in singing, dancing, ululating, clapping to create an atmosphere of trance in order to summon the spirits of the ancestors to come and give protection, daily guidance and healing to the living.Photos by Melodic Dutiro (2017).Photos are shared with the permission of the individuals and of the photographer. Photos may not be used or distributed without permission.

本项与巴思斯帕大学Chartwell Dutiro博士的研究项目——姆比拉棚屋项目相关。卡甘代村位于津巴布韦宾杜拉区，由Masembura首领管辖。该村正是Chartwell Dutiro出生之地，也是他度过人生最初二十年的地方。恩东加·马韦是一种在村庄中举行的仪式。社区成员聚集三天，通过姆比拉音乐、歌唱、击鼓、舞蹈、食物和饮料等方式进行音乐活动。在仪式的最后一天，社区成员前往墓地，召唤祖先的灵魂返回家园。为了能够在姆比拉仪式中占据一个介质，祖先的灵魂必须被带回。姆比拉仪式是一种整夜可以演奏姆比拉音乐的仪式。人们参与歌唱、舞蹈、尖声呼喊、鼓掌，以营造出一种出神入化的氛围，召唤祖先的灵魂前来给予保护、日常指导和疗愈。图片由Melodic Dutiro（2017年）拍摄。照片已获得相关个人及摄影师的许可。未经许可，不得使用或分发照片。