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Mbira or hand piano

Luchazi1900

Origins Centre

Origins Centre
Johannesburg, South Africa

The hand piano was used widely amongst Lemba (deze) and Venda (mbila) speakers in northern South Africa and amongst many peoples further to the north. Like drums in other parts of South Africa, the hand piano was used to call upon the ancestors

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