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Ndere Cultural Centre
Experience East Africa’s rich culture in one place at the Ndere Cultural Centre
Uganda is a bubbling pot of a mixture of cultures and traditional dances are one way of showcasing and experiencing that culture.
Given that there are over 50 tribe and languages each with its own values, norms each also boasts of unique beats, dances and costumes that represent the part of country where they come from.
These traditional dances are either similar regarding to the geographical proximity of the tribes or differ highly when found in the farthest locations from each other.
Ndere Centre
At Ndere Centre in Kampala, the capital of Uganda, visitors and locals alike are lucky to witness and get involved in Uganda’s cultural dances, and those from all over East Africa in one place without having to move to the different parts of the country to witness this.
On the14th of February 2020, tourists with Enjuu Mission Safaris had a unique sundowner at Ndere as they were treated to several traditional dances and cultures under the stars.
There was the enchanting Kinyarwanda mating dance from the West of Uganda and Rwanda characterized by the mimicking of the majestic gray Crested Crane bird. This particular one got the visitors involuntarily swaying to the soft beats and generally falling in love with the peace it exudes.
The drum beats from Burundi were an unforgettable sight as well and without much dancing, spoke to the hearts of the people one beat at a time but the traditional horn trumpet like instrument plus its vigorous side to side swaying referred to as the Agwara from the West Nile in Uganda got the audience to pull out their phones and cameras to capture the beauty.As the night progressed, some of the visitors were seen jumping onto their feet as the Lakaraka, a courtship dance from Northern Uganda grabbed the attention of the entire arena with its fast beats, movements and energetic dancers. This particular one is characterized by a unique tapping of calabashes with specially made sticks by the men while making jumping rhythmic movements at the same time.
Dress code
The attires worn by the different dancers from all over East Africa also told their own story of how the people long ago in Africa dressed like. This ranged from short skirt like frills as lower coverings for women with leopard print bralets, checked lesu like coverings for men, ostrich feathers as head pieces, thong sandals for both sexes but one thing all the above had in common was colour. The pieces worn had a variety of colours like red, yellow, orange, brown to mention a few.