Ishaka dance - Burundi
by Gloria Ssali
Title
Ishaka dance - Burundi
Artist
Gloria Ssali
Medium
Drawing - Drawing
Description
• Ishaka:Generally, the dancers perform within the circle of spectators/singers. They dance in pairs, particularly the young girls and women. Traditionally, the female dances were danced within the rugo (enclosure) or its immediate surrounding area; the men's dances were danced for the king, for a chief or during important public meetings.
• The dances referred to above, like Burundian dancing in general, do not have the sensual movements found within the dances of certain other African regions.
• The number of dances common to both Hutu and Tutsi seems high. The authors of the article observe certain specific regional aspects which we describe here:
o the umuyebe dance in the Imbo region and its neighbouring Mirwa: miming dance reserved for men;
o the ihunja (female) and imisambi (also female, imitates the movements of the crowned crane, after which it is named) and amayaya (male or female, nonchalant) dances, all from the Kirimiro region in the centre of the country;
o the umutsibo (female) dance concentrates on the movement of the legs and pelvis, but without eroticism, in the Buyogoma region;
o the urwedengwe (female) dance, which concentrates on the movement of the shoulders, with the dancer in a slight bent/tense position, in the Ngozi and Buyenzi regions;
o the ubusambiri dance in the Buragane region with heavy external influences, a young people's dance unknown to the old people of the region.
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Comments (23)
ANA MARIA EDULESCU
So fabulously you captured the dance movement and rhythm in this excellent work, Gloria. Marvelous blue tone and exquisite drawing. f,l
Therese Alcorn
Wow! I'm loving your dance series, Gloria!! You've managed to capture such wonderful movement!V/F
Dean Harte
Gloria, your 'blue period' is just as amazing as your black-and-white works. excellent, big V/F