About Traditional dances and festivals of the Tumbuka people
Traditional dances and festivals of the Tumbuka people comprise a range of ritual, healing, celebratory and entertainment practices found chiefly among the Tumbuka of Tanzania, northern and central Malawi, and Muchinga and Eastern Zambia. The best documented of these is Vimbuza, a therapeutic dance and music inscribed by UNESCO on the representative list of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity in 2008. Other widely performed genres include Malipenga/Mganda, as well as regionally specific forms such as Mtungo (Magali), Ulumba, and Visekese. Annual festivals include Gonapamuhanya which i.
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