berimbau
Sign in to saveAlso known as Sekitulege, Berimbau musical bow, Aunene
The berimbau (, borrowed from Kimbundu mbirimbau) is a traditional Angolan musical bow that is commonly used in Brazil. It is also known as sekitulege among the Baganda and Busoga. It consists of a single-stringed bow attached to a gourd resonator and is played with a stick and a coin or stone to create different tones and rhythms. The berimbau was used in many parts of Africa and Brazil during the 19th century to accompany chants and storytelling. It is part of the candomblé tradition, later incorporated into the Afro-Brazilian art capoeira. Until the mid-20th century, it was used almost excl
Key facts
- Instrument.image
- History of Inventions USNM 41 Angola Muscial Bow.jpg
- Instrument.image_size
- 250px
- Instrument.caption
- Angola musical bow (1922), known as berimbau in Brazil.
- Instrument.name
- Berimbau
- Instrument.names
- urucungo, madimba lungungu
- Instrument.related
- Belembaotuyan, Benta, Bobre, Diddley bow, Kalumbu, Malunga, Quijongo, Uhadi, Washtub bass
- Instrument.classification
- percussion instrument and musical bow
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Hn 3berimbau.jpg
Show 3 more facts
- Commons category
- Berimbau
- Hornbostel-Sachs classification
- 311.121.221
- Commons gallery
- Berimbau
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~15 min read
Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- History
- As a weapon
- Design
- Sound
- In capoeira music
- Toques
- In popular music
- In popular culture
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
The berimbau (, borrowed from Kimbundu mbirimbau) is a traditional Angolan musical bow that is commonly used in Brazil. It is also known as sekitulege among the Baganda and Busoga. It consists of a single-stringed bow attached to a gourd resonator and is played with a stick and a coin or stone to create different tones and rhythms. The berimbau was used in many parts of Africa and Brazil during the 19th century to accompany chants and storytelling. It is part of the candomblé tradition, later incorporated into the Afro-Brazilian art capoeira. Until the mid-20th century, it was used almost exclusively within the black community, but after the popularization of capoeira, it gained wider popularity. Today, berimbau is used in various genres of popular music.
== History == thumb|An old african urucungo player, by Jean-Baptiste Debret|Debret (1826). He wrote that "often one of the slaves, missing his homeland, let out his voice and sang in the public squares and around the fountains."
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “berimbau” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.