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.

本数据集关联查特韦尔·杜蒂罗（Chartwell Dutiro）在巴斯泉大学（Bath Spa University）开展的博士研究项目——拇指琴小屋项目（Mbira Hut Project）。卡甘德村隶属于津巴布韦宾杜拉区的马森布拉酋长领地，这里正是查特韦尔·杜蒂罗的出生地，也是他人生前二十年的居所。恩东加·马韦（Ndonga Mahwe）是该村举办的传统祭祀仪式，社区成员会在此聚集三日，活动涵盖拇指琴（mbira）演奏、歌唱、击鼓、舞蹈，搭配饮食与饮品。本次祭祀仪式的最后一日，社区成员会前往墓地，祈请先祖之灵归乡。唯有先祖灵体归乡，方能在比拉（bira）祭祀仪式中依附灵媒显灵。比拉仪式可彻夜演奏拇指琴乐曲，参与者通过歌唱、舞蹈、呼号与击掌营造出神迷氛围，以此召唤先祖灵体降临，为在世者施以庇佑、日常指引与疗愈。本数据集照片由梅洛迪·杜蒂罗（Melodic Dutiro）于2017年拍摄。所有照片均已获得出镜者与摄影师授权方可分享，未经许可不得擅自使用或传播。