Nyau Dance of the Gule Wamkulu Secret Society in Malawi 

@Mario Randall thank you I will try it😃

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There are just being happy dancing, mostly they dance on occasion day ,like independent day, selecting new king in the village. etc thank you

The magic of masks. They have many uses in cultural and personal magic across the world.

D. O. Olawole where are you from friend? If you don't mind me asking.. Thanks

@@vannugejiiko1067 originally from Nigeria.

D. O. Olawole oh great I am a Chewa from Malawian living in Dublin, Ireland. Greetings friend

There is all possible means that you could be belonging to this trib cause if we are to understand the migration of this tribe you will find yourself in

How much must I pay to watch them

I agrer with you totally. African traditions are the best

I will only thanks

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My friend lived in Malawi for 3 years and used to mountain bike through the villages each weekend. He was chased by the Gule Wamkulu on multiple occasions. He said he was frightened the first time but got used to it eventually.

That's we call welcome to Malawi

@@sharingtheglobe Lol! Sorry but for some reason your comment is just hilarious! He probably thought that they were trying to kill him! Lol!

Keep it up when i see and listen to gule wamkulu whether Malawi, Eastern or Mazambiki i feel nice and setled

Good to see gule. proud Chewa from Mitundu.

I unfortunately don't speak Chichewa, but maybe some native speakers can comment. From what they translated to me, each dance is a way of communicating with the ancestral world.

This will be a long explanation (though I will still brush over some things, otherwise to explain everything will be a book in itself), so bear with me. Am a Chewa myself and I am initiated. Gule wamkulu can be loosely transalated as "Big Dance", though in practice its more like a religion with secret societies and such. This big dance is performed during a variety of tribal activities which include but not limited to Death of a chief or an initiate, at the start of recruiting inititates, graduation of initiaties, ordination of a new chief, or any other major tribal event. The scale of these dances depends on the activity. The ceremonies can range from just a day to a few days of activities with 'Nyau' coming from distant localities. Every Nyau (thats what the dressed and masked 'animals' are called) represent a certain animal or plant. In that moment they embody the spirit of the animal or plant and 'behave' as such, which at times they can become quite dangerous. Really dangerous infact. In this video am not sure what the ceremony was because apart from the fact that the crowd is just way too small, I cant even see other ceremonial activities happening in the background. I suspect that this was a quick dance just put up for show for some tourists or such probably to make some money; because of the fact that many people are willing to pay to see these ceremonies in person, some hastily put up dances are organised to offer some intertainent and make alittle money in the process.

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Do you know the name of the character with red crocodile head and two Kudu horns in the middle of this video?

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they are called Nyau if you see one run THEY RUN FAST

Your name sounds similar to the names we bear in my tribe.

I'd love to catch a Nyau show in Zimbabwe sometime too! I've only been to Vic Falls there, but had a good time, very nice people.

@@sharingtheglobe That's true .they very friendly and humble

Yeah but in Zimbabwe we call them Mazvigure/Zvigure. I don't know why tho....

@@nyashaleroy2764 Coz it's nyau

come to Domboshava

Father Boucher of Kungoni Arts published a book, titled When animals dance and spirits dance: The big dance of the Chewa.....It documents everything about the nyau.

That's how we do it here

It was secret for many years to avoid colonial powers from shutting it down. It's now more open...but still a secret society similar to how the Masons are secret as well.

Its secret because its organised in secret in mostly Graveyards also Gule wankulu is a spirit dance the songs are Mostly about the praisings of the dead or death.

I think the performer are anonymous.

They are the Gule Wamkulu, a secret society of the Chewa people in Malawi. The dances were indeed beautiful and fascinating and are meant to be a way to communicate with ancestors.

Its Malawian popular dance part of our culture called nyau

You really believe that Africans don't know how to drum? The drumming is exactly how they want it to be.

According to the elders there that day it was only Malawians from that village and two others from Lilongwe attending. That said, I'm sure other Gule Wamkulu ceremonies attract people from other countries in Africa as well.

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Hi Amber, please send the request to michael@sharingtheglobe.com. Thanks!