Name: Mmamoshimane
Duration: P00H02M00S
Description: A Sotho wedding song from South Africa, learned from our colleague Matlakala Bopape

Mmamoshimane

from Spring Concert 2021 by Northern Harmony

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A Sotho wedding song from South Africa, learned from our colleague Matlakala Bopape

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Mmamoshimane is one of several Sotho words for mother-in-law, here specifically referring to the mother of the groom. The song describes a moment in the weeing ceremony ritual where the bride - who wears an elaborate wedding veil and with beautifully painted fingernails - is enticed to come out of her in-laws home to stroll and dance in the street with her husband. A symbolic gift of money form the wedding guests is demanded by the household in order to allow the bride to come out and be admired by all. Hence the phrase, "money talks!" at the end of the song.

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from Spring Concert 2021, released September 30, 2021

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Northern Harmony Vermont

First formed in 1993, Northern Harmony has since gained a wide reputation thru concert tours across the US, the UK and western Europe. The ensemble is part of Village Harmony, a Vermont-based world music organization that sponsors domestic & international performance singing camps, workshops and tours. ... more