Hosho (instrument)
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hosho-instrument-163-10687738
title:
Hosho (instrument)
text:
The hosho are Zimbabwean musical instruments consisting of a pair of maranka (mapudzi) gourds with seeds. They are used as major instruments in many traditional Shona music genres, such as in mbira ensembles and in mhande. They typically contain hota seeds inside them. Before the hota seeds are added, the hosho is boiled in salted water and the inside is scraped out with a corncob, newspaper plug, or woven wire. Removing the debris inside the hosho allows for a more sharp and percussive tone. Th
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Zimbabwean musical instrument
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosho_(instrument)
date created:
2004-03-02T03:19:33Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T11:40:38Z
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