Bemba dance - Zambia

by Gloria Ssali

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Bemba dance - Zambia

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Gloria Ssali

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Drawing - Drawing

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Zambian traditional dance and music follows an distinctive typical cycle. The dances first involve a sequence of singing usually accompanied by synchronized clapping, and soon after the climax of the dance. Musical instruments usually include a number of different types and sizes of drums and other percussions like the shaking of gourds with dry seeds in them and rattles. The dance climax involves a wide repertoire of vigorous or elegant body movements. The dancers might stomp their feet harder, gyrate their hips sensuously or seductively, swing their arms from side to side while initiating graceful jerking movements of the head and neck like a swan. After the climax, the dancers resume the singing starting a new cycle . Bemba is from the Northern Province and is a very popular dance in Zambia .Dance groups (ing'omba) which fill the atmosphere with much ululation and excitement.

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September 14th, 2011

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