History of Music Swaziland
The African nation of Swaziland is situated between the South Africa and Mozambique and it is an olden region controlled by the Swazi trib...
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The
African nation of Swaziland is situated between the South Africa and Mozambique
and it is an olden region controlled by the Swazi tribes and ethnic Swazi
music. They are recognized for a type of traditional music, as well as current
pop, hip hop and rock.
source of picture: blogs.state.gov
The
two vast festivities in Swaziland are known as Incwala that normally takes
place in December, and Umhlanga, which due take place in August. Umhlanga
involves a dance distinctive to Swazi women, who cut reeds as part of the five-
day occasion. There is also music for harvesting, marriage and other
activities. The folk instruments include the following such as reed flute,
rattles, kudu horn and calabash.
In
the beginning of the 1990s, Swaziland became entertainer to a flourishing hip
hop scene which was led by ensembles like Vamoose. The neighbouring country
like South Africa has provided some of the motivation, since different types of
hip hop is very renowned there.
