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mbira (Q1467960)

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family of African lamellophones with metal or wooden tines on a resonating body, plucked with thumbs and fingers; especially associated with the Shona people of Zimbabwe, where it holds deep spiritual significance
  • African hand piano
  • hand piano
  • kisaanj
  • likembe
  • nsansi
  • sansa
  • thumb piano
  • kalendi
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    mbira
    family of African lamellophones with metal or wooden tines on a resonating body, plucked with thumbs and fingers; especially associated with the Shona people of Zimbabwe, where it holds deep spiritual significance
    • African hand piano
    • hand piano
    • kisaanj
    • likembe
    • nsansi
    • sansa
    • thumb piano
    • kalendi

    Statements

    subclass of
    lamellophone
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    intangible cultural heritage status
    Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
    start time
    2020
    title
    Art of crafting and playing Mbira/Sansi, the finger-plucking traditional musical instrument in Malawi and Zimbabwe (English)
    El arte de fabricar y tocar la mbira o sanza, instrumento de teclas metálicas tradicional en Malawi y Zimbabwe (Spanish)
    L’art de fabriquer et de jouer la mbira/sanza, lamellophone traditionnel au Malawi et au Zimbabwe (French)
    country
    Malawi
    Zimbabwe
    1 reference
    stated in
    Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
    UNESCO ICH ID
    RL/01541
    used by
    mbira player
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    Hornbostel-Sachs classification
    122.1
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    different from
    marímbula
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    mbira dzavadzimu
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    Ilimba
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    kalimba
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    Commons category
    Mbira
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    Identifiers

    FAST ID
    1012984
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    Library of Congress Authorities ID
    sh85082478
    subject named as
    Mbira
    alternative name
    African hand piano
    Hand piano
    Kalimba
    Kisaanj
    Kututeng
    Lamellaphone
    Lamellophone
    Likembe
    Linguaphone
    Marimba (Mbira)
    Marímbula
    Mbila
    Nsansi
    Sandza
    Sansa
    Sansi
    Sanza
    Thumb piano
    0 references
    Library of Congress Medium of Performance Thesaurus ID
    mp2013015455
    subject named as
    mbira
    alternative name
    African hand piano
    hand piano
    hand piano, African
    kalimba
    kisaanj
    kututeng
    lamellaphone
    lamellophone
    likembe
    linguaphone
    marimba (mbira)
    marímbula
    mbila
    nsansi
    sandza
    sansa
    sansi
    thumb piano
    0 references
    MIMO instrument ID
    2939
    0 references
    SEKO ID
    00658
    0 references
    subreddit
    kalimba
    0 references
    YSO ID
    30050
    subject named as (monolingual text)
    mbira (Swedish)
    mbira (English)
    mbira (Northern Sami)
    mbira (Finnish)
    alternative name (monolingual text)
    tumpiano (Swedish)
    fingerpiano (Swedish)
    sormipiano (Finnish)
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