Dununba feast in Conakry, Guinea. Dununba - a traditional "dance of strong men" is a group of dances and rhythms originating in Guinea. More precisely dununba comes from Malinke people living in upper Guinea. The dance and music culture in Upper Guinea is concentrated in bigger villages and cities which are the cultural capitals of their little regions. The most known are: Kouroussa, Hammanah, Baro, Koumana, city Kankan and region of Siguiri. In another part of Guinea there is also the Farannah village, which is very important for Malinke culture. Different sources claim that there are beetween 20 and 80 or even more dununba rhythms and dances. Most of them are traditionally performed only by men and boys.
Many dunumba dances have their social place in Malinke society. There are many special occasions for them to be performed. Nowadays, dunumba rhythms are part of modern repertoire of percussions (percussion is just a group of drummers performing without dancers) and ballets (big groups of dancers and accompanying drummers).
Dunumba is also a name for a drumming/dancing ceremony/party organised with no traditional social context in Conakry - the capital of Guinea. Most of the repertoir during these ceremonies are dundumba familly rhythms and dances. This movie presents this kind of a modern party in Matam, a district of Conakry.
Solois who is seen in the movie is Sana -a young djembe fola from Ballet Sourakhata, the dancer is Italo - an artist from Les Ballets africains de Guinnee.
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28 авг 2024
