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 …

Bira are a Bantu nation numbering 494.500 (Peoplegroups.org, 2024). The Forest Bira, numbering 96,500; The Plains Bira, 298,000; Tkeir language is closely akin to that of the Bakurau and Walengola. There are Mbuti (Bambuti) Pygmies in parts of Babira territory.

The Shona people (/ ˈʃoʊnə /) also/formerly known as the Karanga are a Bantu ethnic group native to Southern Africa, primarily living in Zimbabwe where they form the majority of the population, as well as Mozambique, South Africa, and a worldwide diaspora.

Bira people, a tribe in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo; Bira Circuit, a motorsport venue in Thailand; Emakumeen Euskal Bira, a women's cycling race held in the Basque region of Spain; Ubirajara Penacho dos Reis (1934–2019), a Brazilian musician (Programa do Jô) known as Bira

Oct 16, 2019 · This is a short description of a Zimbabwean ceremony of the Shona people called the ‘Bira’ told from the experience of Dingiswayo Juma when growing up in the tradition and playing at ceremonies as an mbira player.

Bira (Shona Possession Ceremony) Instruments from Zimbabwe. The Shona peoples of Zimbabwe seek, in the context of ceremonies called bira, spiritual guidance from their ancestors (vadzimu) in resolving serious problems that effect individuals, families or entire communities.

Jul 16, 2023 · Sometimes referred to as a ‘thumb piano’, the mbira is a lamellophone (a category of plucked idiophones in the Hornbostel-Sachs system) that consists of 22 to 28 metal tongs or keys that are played with both thumbs and the forefinger of the right hand.

The Ketebo live in Bira, which is one of the Payams of Kidepo County, Torit, Eastern Equatoria State of South Sudan. They are one of the smallest and least known tribes in South Sudan. The Mening are a tribe in North-eastern Uganda on Uganda's borders with Kenya and South Sudan.

a) Bira de la savane : ceux-ci s'accordent tous à nier toute liaison familiale avec les Hema, d'ailleurs en fort petit nombre, et isolés de la plupart des Bira (en effet, ils vivent isolément au centre de la région de savane occupée par les Bira (Moeller, 1936).

Sometimes referred to as a ‘thumb piano’, the mbira is a lamellophone (a category of plucked idiophones in the Hornbostel-Sachs system) that consists of 22 to 28 metal tongs or keys that are played with both thumbs and the forefinger of the right hand.