Braeside Primary School VPA- MR MUYEMBI- DANCE

DANCE ORIGIN CULTURE PURPOSE

FERTILITY RITES
MBENDE/JERUSAREMA MUREHWA ZEZURU DANCE AND
INITIATION
Originated from the CELEBRATING GOOD
MBAKUMBA KARANGA
KARANGA people HARV ESTS
Kurova
MASVINGO AND
MHANDE KARANGA guva/umubuyiso and
PARTS OF MIDLANDS
rain making
Originated among the
Muchongoyo NDAU WAR DANCE
Ndau people
CELEBTARTE GOOD
MASHONALAND HARVESTS AND
DINHE KOREKORE
CENTRAL SPIRITUA;
POSSESSION
ENTERTAINMENT.
ISITSHIKITSHA MATEBELELAND NDEBELE ALSO USED FOR RAIN
MAKING AT NJELELE
RAIN MAKING AND
AMANBHIZA MATEBELELAND KALANGA ALSO TO CELEBRATE
GOOD HARVESTS
SPRITUAL AND
RITUALISTIC DANCE.
Originated among the
GULEWAMKULU CHEWA ALSO DONE FRO
Chewa people
INTERTAINMENT AND
INITIATION.

Dance is the art of expressing oneself through rhythmic movement of the body.

Dance is usually accompanied with suitable music

INDIGNOUS dances are those dance found among local cultures in Zimbabwe.

Clothes worn on stage when people do dance are called COSTUMES

The different artefacts used by the dancers and also to decorate the dance set are called PROPS
(PROPERTIES)

Examples of props are shields, clay pots, spears, knobkerries, head gear and basketry

Dancers performs to COMMUNICATE with their audiences

Long ago women mostly played the role of SINGING, CLAPPING AND ULULATING during dance.

Choreography is the planning and designing of dance

Dancing free style is called Improvisation

1. What is dance?

2. State one responsibility of a dancer

3. State any other two carriers in dance

4. What is Mbende?

5. State any role of women in dance from long ago

6. What is improvisation in dance?

7. State any two features of cultural dance

8. What is the role of a choreographer?

9. Long ago, what was Muchongoyo dance done for……………….

10. Name any two rain making dances in Zimbabwe.

11. Name a dance that is performed by members of a secret society or cult of the Chewa

people.

12. A dance performance by two people is called a………………………