Hehe Views on Death: A Case Study of Kiduo Dance Songs in Iringa, Tanzania
| Autor: | Sanga , Daines Nicodem |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | Tanzania Journal of Science; Vol. 49 No. 2 (2023); 456-467 |
| ISSN: | 0856-1761 2507-7961 |
| Popis: | This paper sets out to respond to the question of how the Hehe people in Iringa view death. Kiduo dance songs are deployed as a window through which their views on death are explored. Kiduo dance is referred to a dance that is performed by dancers stamping their feet on the ground in a rhythmical way while singing. Kiduo songs are tapped as the researcher presumes that in songs is where the history, beliefs and perceptions of people on matters affecting them are processed and archived. Exclusive of songs, a limited number of interviews were administered to gain an esoteric meaning of the songs the researcher could not comprehend by using her own Hehe language. The study was conducted in Iringa, particularly in Iringa municipality. Iringa municipality was spotted for it is where the researcher was born and raised, thus it eased the process of gathering data. Results from this study indicated that the Hehe view death as a means to leaving a legacy, a means to escape from unpleasant aspects of life, fleeing from social responsibilities, not to mention death as personal extinction and reunion with loved ones. Researching how the Hehe view death by drawing from existentialism theory is a little contribution this paper makes to the scholarship of performance arts. Keywords: Kiduo dance, death, life, existentialism, Iringa, Tanzania |
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