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Venancio Mbande - Chopi Timbila

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Uploaded by on May 25, 2008

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Chopi Timbila (Xylophone) master maker, composer and player, Venancio Mbande, lives at his family homestead in Chopiland in Inhambane Province, Mozambique. Timbila is a threatened cultural expression. In this exerpt, his seven year-old son, Domingos, leads the eleven-piece timbila orchestra.

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  • Mbande the Man that makes the wood cry sweetly,,,,original mozambican culture so pure.... thanks papa Mbande...

  • Delicious stuff! 

  • This's so wondeful,I remember Moçambique é muito bom.Muito obrigago tambem para musica...

  • Na zona sul, a orquestra pertence como na zona norte a um rei, um régulo, tal como nas orquestras gamelan da Indonésia, pertencem aos príncipes da terra.

    A música tocada tem forma própria, uma espécie de suite orquestral, com vários andamentos, alguns só com orquestra.

    A música que os Chope produzem com estes instrumentos é poderosa e impressionante, comparável à sensação que nos fazem as grandes cataratas com o seu barulho atordoante, cuja vibração se sente até fisicamente.

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  • Oh Wow! I was there in August 2006!! We spent a couple of nights at his place and learnt a bit of Timbila! Nice to see this video here!

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