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MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS : TERMS ( Kirby ) refers to Kirby 1934 . igubu 1. dried calabash , prepared for use as a musical instrument , connected by a bow to a single string , which is beaten and resounds in the calabash with a sound like ...
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS : TERMS ( Kirby ) refers to Kirby 1934 . igubu 1. dried calabash , prepared for use as a musical instrument , connected by a bow to a single string , which is beaten and resounds in the calabash with a sound like ...
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... ( Kirby ) 1044 ( 447 ) ingqongqo dried bullock skin used as a drum by the women to accompany dancing , D , general ... Kirby ) 1046 ( 865 , 914 ) ubokomela 1. reed pipe ( Mp - TM ) . 2. horn ( Mp - Hunter 1936 ) . 3. not con- firmed 1047 ...
... ( Kirby ) 1044 ( 447 ) ingqongqo dried bullock skin used as a drum by the women to accompany dancing , D , general ... Kirby ) 1046 ( 865 , 914 ) ubokomela 1. reed pipe ( Mp - TM ) . 2. horn ( Mp - Hunter 1936 ) . 3. not con- firmed 1047 ...
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... ( Kirby ) , for signalling in war , and it is still so used by uncircumcised youths in mock fights or faction fights . According to Kirby they also use it in the initiation ceremonies . Amongst them too the antelope horn has been replaced ...
... ( Kirby ) , for signalling in war , and it is still so used by uncircumcised youths in mock fights or faction fights . According to Kirby they also use it in the initiation ceremonies . Amongst them too the antelope horn has been replaced ...
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