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The Xylophone is a representative folk music instrument. Some of the most well known songs are "El Carbonero" and "El Torito Pinto". [citation needed] Marimba is one of the traditional folk music styles performed in El Salvador and was first introduced by African slaves.
Setapa music dance exists in three different types, which are: Setapa sa dipitse : this is a kind of dance which is performed and produces the sound of a galloping horse in the ground. Setapa sa phathisi : Setapa which is performed whilst the lower part of the trouser is tied with a peg or the use of short pants made of animal skin usually ...
Tsutsube [pronunciation?] is a traditional dance and accompanying music [1] in Botswana which is practiced by Basarwa or San people. [2] Tsutsube is performed in four ritualistic categories or stages which are the first kill, puberty, marriage and trance.
Dihosana is a traditional dance by Kalanga people or Ikalanga people which existed for a long period of time. Dihosana involves the invitation of ancestors through trance to pray for rain. It is a rain making dance. [1] Dihosana is a dance heritage which has been inherited from the fore fathers by those practising it.
Tswana people classify their vocal music as 'dipina' (songs) according to their function within various social institutions for instance, music produced during initiation ceremonies is known as 'moamo'. The performance of much of the Tswana traditional music is related to the agricultural season of the year. The seasons are as follows:
A rites of passage dance is performed to welcome a young woman into adulthood and marriage. [1] Puberty dances are demure, flirtatious and playfully seductive, males taking part in the dances the mating behaviour of eland bulls by sniffing the female folk, grimacing in mock and emulating the mounting action of bull animals.
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Botswana was one of the first African countries to develop a hip hop following as the genre developed in the early 1980s. South African music grew and spread to Botswana following the end of Apartheid in 1994, including the kwaito and motswako genres. [8] The Botswana Telecommunications Authority started issuing radio broadcasting licenses in 1998.