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Intore dance

Also known as Intore

Intore dance: photograph by Shabanmasengesho
Photo: Shabanmasengesho, CC BY-SA 4.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Follow leaping steps and ankle-bell rhythm in a group dance.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Rwanda. It is presented as sport and skill, never as real fighting.

Origins

A living tradition passed from person to person; it is not tied to a single dated origin. It belongs to the cultural world of Africa: Great Lakes and Indian Ocean.

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