#qongqothwane

[randommusicvid]

Qongqothwane (The Click Song) - Miriam Makeba

[everydayanth]

start at 4:30

“Qongqothwane is a traditional song of the Xhosa people of South Africa. It is sung at weddings to bring good fortune. In the western world it is mainly known as The Click Song, a nickname given to the song by European colonials who could not pronounce its Xhosa title, which has many click consonants in it. The Xhosa title literally means "knock-knock beetle", which is a popular name for various species of darkling beetles that make a distinctive knocking sound by tapping their abdomens on the ground. These beetles are believed by the Xhosa to bring good luck and rain.“

[kimludcom]

Siki Jo-An - Click Song aka Qongqothwane (Classics is Groot - 2019)

[linguaphiliax]

Because non-pulmonic

When you're mouthing the lyrics to Qongqothwane because you're listening to it as you study:

[panicinthestudio]

Miriam Makeba - “Click Song” (Qongqothwane), live, 1974

Performed at Zaire 74 in Kinshasa, Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

[svartikotturinn]

I keep seeing these shitpost style memes about guys getting girls insanely into them with idiotic skills or possessions. I’m pretty sure the linguist equivalent would be, ‘I can sing “Qongqothwane”’

[violettemaylovesmusic-blog]

"Qongqothwane (The Click Song)" │ Stars Von Morgen (2014) Pumeza Matshikiza

#gorgeous #wedding songs

[truetunes]

Miriam Makeba - Qongqothwane (The Click Song)