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Noun Concept
Categories: South African styles of music
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kwela  Kivela  pennywhistle kwela
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A kind of danceable music popular among black South Africans; includes a whistle among its instruments WordNet 3.0
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A kind of danceable music popular among black South Africans; includes a whistle among its instruments WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Kwela is a pennywhistle-based street music from southern Africa with jazzy underpinnings and a distinctive, skiffle-like beat. Wikipedia
South African music genre Wikidata
A style of music, first played in the townships, whose principal instrument is the penny whistle. Wiktionary
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dance music
music genre
marabi
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kwela
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kwela
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kwela
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kwela
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Kivela
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pennywhistle kwela

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