Vimbuza
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The Vimbuza is a traditional dance of the Tumbuka people of Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia. It is a ritualistic dance performed to communicate with the spirits of the dead and to seek their guidance.
Key facts
- Dance.name
- Vimbuza
- Dance.image
- Vimbuza dancer.jpg
- Dance.caption
- Vimbuza dancer from Malawi
- Dance.etymology
- Healing dance
- Dance.genre
- Traditional
- Dance.inventor
- The Tumbuka people (ethnic group)
- Dance.year
- 1600
- Dance.origin
- Malawi, Zambia, and Tanzania
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Le Vimbuza désigne, au Malawi, une danse rituelle de guérison. Pratiqué par le peuple Tumbuka, il mêle percussions, chant et danse. En 2008, l'UNESCO l'inscrit sur la liste représentative du patrimoine culturel immatériel de l'humanité.
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