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Bira is an all-night ritual, celebrated by Shona people from Zimbabwe in which members of an extended family call on ancestral spirits for guidance and intercession. Shona people believe that the only ones who can communicate with both the living and God are the ancestral spirits, or dzavadzimu. These spirits are summoned during the Bira ceremonies through the use of music and ritual dance. Bira ceremonies are also held to welcome back the spirit of an ancestor into the home where a family member is a svikiro who is occasionally possessed by one or more ancestors.
The attendees at a ceremony participate in singing, dancing and hand clapping. The two mbira players are joined by a player on a pair of gourd shakers (hosho), which emphasize the underlying triplet beat. The mbira playing and singing are all improvised off the familiar basic patterns, resulting in a constantly changing polyphonic texture.
In this ceremony, music that was favored by the ancestors when they were alive is used to summon the spirits to possess living mediums; thus the religious belief system helps to preserve older musical practices.
These spirits are summoned during the Biraceremonies through the use of music and ritual dance. Biraceremonies are also held to welcome back the spirit...
Prince Bira (1914–1985), motor racing driver Biraceremony, a Shona spiritual ceremony where the ancestral spirits communicate with the living Bira people...
role in the history of Zimbabwe, from a vital role in the traditional Biraceremony used to call on ancestral spirits, to protest songs during the struggle...
culture of unhu so that when they die, they enjoy their afterlife. The Biraceremony, which often lasts all night, summons spirits for guidance and intercession...
The traditional music is used for spirit possession ceremonies, known in Zimbabwe as a biraceremony. The music is constituted by interlocking musical parts...
ornaments made out of tortoise shell, silver and red miokuri, and two birabira. Oshiroi (白粉) Oshiroi is the white face makeup worn by geisha and maiko...
become one of its victims. He was executed by guerillas who thought his biraceremonies were directed at achieving peace, rather than victory. [citation needed]...
broke down crying. At the preliminary competition, Mateo showed her 'hala-bira' walk. She donned a yellow two-piece bikini with an ankle-length coverup...
Selected Case Studies. p. 61. Bira 2011; Schlehe 2004, pp. 283–96; Balogh 2010, pp. 229–38; Bumochir 2014, pp. 473–91. Bira 2011, p. 14. Hill, Nathan (2011)...
dzavadzimu is frequently played at religious ceremonies and social gatherings called mapira (sing. "bira"). The mbira dzavadzimu can be used to play over...
Officer. In June 2020 the council elected its first Sikh mayor, Councillor Bira Sehmi, believed also to be the first Sikh mayor in Wales. The council is...
privilege of transforming to Darna via the low-budgeted, poorly-directed Bira, Darna, Bira (1979) with Romnick Sarmenta as Ding. In 1982, she essayed the role...
creation of the first football club of the state. The club's foundation ceremony occurred in the house of Avelino Alves Freire, a respected merchant in...
include a highly-decorated kushi comb and kogai hair stick, and a number of bira-bira-style kanzashi, often decorated with flowers in either tortoiseshell or...
carefully restored to its original appearance. The former Formula One driver B. Bira, who was a member of the Thai Royal family, was found dead at the station...
been given annually and the related official events including the award ceremony and the public forums by the prize winners have been held in every September...
miokuri (dangling silver strips placed underneath the mage), and two birabira ("fluttering" or "dangling") kanzashi. Yakko shimada (奴島田) – the hairstyle...
bàn giao Trạm quan trắc môi trường Cầu Đọ, Phủ Lý, Hà Nam" [The handover ceremony of Cau Do Environmental Monitoring Station, Phu Ly, Ha Nam]. Vietnam Academy...
Baloyya Beach Tanjung Bira Beach, Bulukumba Regency. Tanjung Bira (English "Cape of Bira") contains three beaches: Pantai Bira, Pantai Timur, and Pantai...
least 4 medals in total at the World Cups. Thirteen players – Ubiratan "Bira" Pereira Maciel, Marcel de Souza, Marcelinho Machado, Anderson Varejão, Leandro...
including Hinduism and Islam. The word 'bir' (Gurmukhi: ਬੀੜ, romanized: Bīṛa; alternatively spelt as 'birh') in Sikhism refers to a complete volume of...
The 2018 Asian Games torch relay preceded with a torch lighting ceremony on 15 July 2018 at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi, host of...
One racer, Prince Birabongse Bhanutej Bhanubandh, better known as Prince Bira. Prince Bhanurangsi Savangwongse born on 11 January 1860 at the Grand Palace...
second Thai driver to compete in Formula One and the first since Prince Bira competed in 1954. Albon qualified thirteenth and finished fourteenth in his...
announced in May 2020. On 13 October 2020, in a recorded and livestreamed ceremony, the Accords were signed by the directors of the national space agencies...
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