This is a Traditional Shona song about building a home in the forest that I have been told by Shona relatives, "so you can play more music". Meditating with this song I visualize the babies smooth arrival from the birth canal to the loving arms of his or her family. Mbira is a water instrument, therefore perfect for invoking the spirit of water, fluidity, ease & grace for childbirth. Recorded with whales singing in the background from a deep sea microphone Hawai'i Undersea Geo-Observatory, HUGO, an automated submarine volcano observatory on the undersea Lōʻihi (an active volcanic underwater seamount approximately 50 miles south and east of Kīlauea volcano on the Big Island of Hawai'i. seamount and connects to shore by fiber-optic cable. by Onomea Productions copyright 2003 (with permission to use "especially for the sake of our children, na-kamali'i")
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