Tuesday, 23 November 2010

Culture

Rwanda became a German colony from 1885, its a country thats was formed  in two tribes which are the Tutsi and Hutu.These two tribes dont exist anymoreThe genocide played an important role to why the population of Tutsi's is less than the hutu's.
Music and dance plays an important role in the traditions of all Rwanda's peoples .The Rwandan people have a variety of music and dance which range from acts that demonstrate epics commemorating excellence and bravery,humorous lyrics to hunting root. Traditional songs are often accompanied by a solitary lulunga, a harp-like instrument with eight strings. More celebratory dances are backed by a drum orchestra, which typically comprises seven to nine members, and collectively produce a hypnotic and exciting explosion set of intertwining rhythms.
These are some of the images of the dancers :


Heres's a video of one of my favourite rwandan dance group that i enjoyed watching:


Most dancers have stories that are being told , in my point of view i gather ideas that you see their graceful movements as well as their spreading of the hands they are mimicking a graceful African bird in the land of Rwanda. This bird struts about before taking off and will flap and spread its wings threaning to fly but give another dance before that eventual flight. their  intuitive is very sharp and I respect that in them , they are very talented people.

Sunday, 21 November 2010

Rwanda

I was doing my research on Rwanda and I realised that when you tend to do your research on the country Rwanda ,we only get to see the negative side of it,  forexample its well known  history of the genocide. we never recongise the beautiful part of Rwanda. Rwanda has alot of other products to offer its a well known country for mountain gorillas. I believe the internet is scaremongering people from visiting Rwanda. Rwanda its not just about the genocide. Music and dance play an important role in Rwanda  .Rwanda is well known for its art and culture .Rwanda is a major tourist country. Its the only country in Africa that has mountain gorilla's. I believe we need to see more postive facts about the country as there's more to  the counrty than the genocide.i recommend people to visit their as ive been their on holiday and I had such a lovely time .Its such a vibrant country , its very beautiful at night with a thousand hills. 






Here's a video to show you the mountain gorilla's in Rwanda :