Thenyele is a small horn made from hollowed out animal horn or matete reed. The nyele is played in groups; one man plays onenote and others play differentpitches, which combine to form a certain combination of sounds. Traditionally, the nyele were played along with thebudima drums at funerals of the so-called Valley Tonga inZambia.
The nyele is sometimes decorated withEuropean paints, a sleeve of snakeskin or seed beads pressed into bees wax. They are used by men and youth at both formal and informal dances.
They are commonly played with drums and not by themselves alone, and are employed for funerals, large gatherings, and other ceremonial occasions. They vary in size from about 5 inches to 18 inches (13 cm to 46 cm) long.
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