The Common Vein

I love this song because it brings the color of language expressed in the song of a Xhosa wedding celebration

Miriam Makeba, sings a Xhosa wedding celebration song about a beetle that makes certain knocking sounds which is supposed to bring good luck and rain

In South Africa there are at  least thirty-five indigenous languages ten of which are official ? Ndebele, Pedi, Sotho, Swati, Tsonga, Tswana, Ven?a, Xhosa, Zulu and Afrikaans.

Miriam Makeba and the Click Song 1963 

Miriam Makeba (Wiki)

?The Click Song? ? ?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.