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The Chopi people of Zavala, Mozambique are renowned for their timbila music, a partially improvised, complex contrapuntal music played by an orchestra comprised of wooden xylophones. The lyrics that accompany a piece for timbila orchestra are equally complex and poetic. Album Tracks 1. Shinyeta-Shissibuka Orchestra 2. Zavalene Orchestra 3. Zavalene Orchestra, Concluded
