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Edonga dance. Edonga dance performance Karamoja women performing Edonga dance. Edonga Dance, also known as Edonga, is a traditional cultural dance originating from the Karamajong people, an ethnic group of the Nilotic community residing in the northeastern region of Uganda especially in Kotido and Moroto districts. [1]
This is a traditional dance that involves jumping and body shaking performed by the Karimojong people in North Eastern Uganda on functions including weddings, calamity cleansing. As both a rite of passage into manhood, as well as a requirement for engagement, a young Karamojong man is required to wrestle the woman he desires to marry. [1]
Naleyo or Naleyo Dance is a traditional dance performed by the Karamajong people of North Eastern Uganda. [1] It is a wooing dance performed in two lines with the women on one line and the men on the other line. The dance is characterized by the way the men and women jump high while facing each other, making it an interesting spectacle to watch.
Pokot Settlement in Eastern Karamoja in Uganda Karamojong shepherd Children gathered outside a traditional thatched-roof house in Karamoja region while gazing at the flying drone in the clear sky. The annual Karamojong cultural festival . Districts of Karamoja Location in Uganda. The Karamoja sub-region, commonly known as Karamoja, is a region ...
Ewoya Dance is a traditional Folk Dance of the Jie people found in North-Eastern Uganda in the Karamoja Sub-region Kotido District. It involves continuous vertical high jumping. [1] This dance is significantly used to search for partners where both women and men jump and whoever jumps highest gets the most handsome or beautiful partner. [2]
Other traditions include dances, namely Entogoro and Ekitagururo, performed by traditional dancers. [11] [12] [13] Eastern Uganda has traditional practices such as the Imbalu circumcision ceremony from the Gisu people in the Mbale District, and Karamoja herders who traditionally move to many places in search of water and pasture for their ...
Karamoja Regional Museum is a public museum in Moroto Town run under the Department of Museums and Monuments in the Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities of Uganda. It also serves as a cultural center where cultural heritage in form of objects is showcased for people to access and appreciate the cultural heritage of the Karamoja sub-region.
The following is a list with the most notable dances. Names of many Greek dances may be found spelt either ending with -o or with -os. This is due to the fact that the word for "dance" in Greek is a masculine noun, while the dance itself can also be referred to by a neuter adjective used substantively. Thus one may find both "hasapiko" ("the ...