Venancio Mbande - Chopi Timbila

Visit http://www.himlblozen.com and http://www.fragilecultures.org Chopi Timbila (Xylophone) master maker, composer and player, Venancio Mbande, lives at his family homestead in Chopiland in Inhambane Province, Mozambique. Timbila is a threatened cultural expression. In this exerpt, his seven year-old son, Domingos, leads the eleven-piece timbila orchestra.