Day 13 ~ Zimbabwe (Mbira)

The Shona people of Zimbabwe consider the MBIRA a sacred instrument.

"In Shona music, the mbira dzavadzimu (“voice of the ancestors”, national instrument of Zimbabwe) is a musical instrument that has been played by the Shona people of Zimbabwe for thousands of years." (Description continues here at Diasporicroots.tumblr.com)

Listen to the Mbira playing/singing of Newton Gwara HERE.

Here is a nice visual introduction to Zimbabwe with mbira music and singing.

This 40-day Virtual World Tour of Music correlates with the World Music House kickstarter crowdfund. (Click the orange words for more details!)