All of us behind this Sapitwa account will be asking how many countries and clans have what the West calls a Talking Drum. Adrian Bogopane shared an important word Ngomakati and we will check a previous post to see if he has explained its meaning. We will explain how it existed in ancient Malawi hence the need to know where else it was used, zikomo. The below link about the Ngoma-lungundu partly reads: The Drum of the Dead was brought to its present location by the Senzi people, who are today called the Venda. The sacred drum of the Senzi belonged to their departed ancestors at the time when they were living in the north. Among all their musical instruments, the greatest, and that which was feared and revered most by all the people, was this instrument of the royal ancestor spirits, the Drum of Mwali, the ancestor god of the Senzi and the Kalanga. This drum was called the Voice of the great God, Mambo wa Denga (King of Heaven), the lord of all the ancestor spirits. The king was feared because he could work miracles with this drum of the gods. His enormous city was built on a mountain. The drum was seen and beaten by no one except the high priest, Dzomo la Dzimu, the mouthpiece of God, and the king, Mwali. oxfordreference/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100233399
Posted on: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 08:30:50 +0000