{"id":1258,"date":"2013-03-15T11:04:11","date_gmt":"2013-03-15T09:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mafrsouthernafrica.wordpress.com\/?p=1258"},"modified":"2013-03-15T11:04:11","modified_gmt":"2013-03-15T09:04:11","slug":"new-dvd-from-kungoni-centre-in-mua-malawi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/2013\/03\/15\/new-dvd-from-kungoni-centre-in-mua-malawi\/","title":{"rendered":"New DVD from Kungoni Centre in Mua, Malawi"},"content":{"rendered":"<address style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><i><a title=\"Kasiyamaliro\" href=\"http:\/\/mafrsouthernafrica.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/kasiya-maliro-dvd-copie.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1251 alignleft\" alt=\"Kasiya Maliro DVD - Copie\" src=\"http:\/\/mafrsouthernafrica.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/kasiya-maliro-dvd-copie.jpg?resize=184%2C269\" width=\"184\" height=\"269\" \/><\/a>New DVD from Kungoni Centre in Mua, Malawi\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><i>This documentary, produced by <a title=\"Kungoni Centre of Culture and Art\" href=\"http:\/\/mafrsouthernafrica.wordpress.com\/kungoni-centre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Kungoni Centre of Culture and Art<\/span><\/a>, presents a collection of 160 Gule characters filmed by Claude Boucher Chisale over 25 years (1988 to 2012) in the central Malawian areas of Mua, Mtakataka, Kapiri and Golomoti.<\/i><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><i>It reveals Gule Wamkulu as the storehouse of Chewa culture, showing the richness, creativity and originality of the Great Dance, which is placed at the service of the Mwambo, the teaching of the ancestors.<\/i><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><i>The film offers first-hand experience of the tremendous variety of characters and seeks to understand their hidden messages. It comprises a selection of sequences taken from the 800 hours of filming that Boucher has completed during these last three decades.<\/i><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><i>The key to an in-depth understanding of the Gule characters is to be found in Boucher\u2019s two recent publications: \u201cWhen Animals Sing and Spirits Dance\u2019 (Oxford 2012) and its accompanying website; <a title=\"Kasiyamaliro\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kasiyamaliro.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">www.kasiyamaliro.org<\/span><\/a>. <\/i><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><i>The DVD introduces the author and illustrates the numerous contexts in which Gule Wamkulu is performed: rain ceremonies, initiation, chieftainship, eldership, spirit possession, funeral commemoration, institutional and village festivals and political and health development rallies. The 160 Gule characters selected for this production are then presented in alphabetical order.<\/i><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><i>The film offers a full visual experience of what has been described in the two publications mentioned above. It complements the publications and invites deeper immersion into Chewa culture.<\/i><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><i>@ Kungoni 2012. Running time: 121 minutes.<\/i><\/span><\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New DVD from Kungoni Centre in Mua, Malawi\u00a0 This documentary, produced by Kungoni Centre of Culture and Art, presents a collection of 160 Gule characters filmed by Claude Boucher Chisale over 25 years (1988 to 2012) in the central Malawian areas of Mua, Mtakataka, Kapiri and Golomoti. 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