Lugbara Dance

Gaze is a traditional dance of the Lugbara people. This youth dance reflects the transition of dance movements into the style of their neigbours in the Congo and is spreading across Uganda. Meanwhile, Aguwara is a dance from the Lugbara and Kebu people in the West Nile Region, bordering Congo and Sudan. The dance got its name from the aguwara [a local trumpet]. The men play these horns as the women dance... Naito is a drum played at death dances in union with mare (side blown trumpet whose gourd is smeared inside with bee wax). Duluka which means "Dance" in Nubian Language, is considered another Lugbara dance, a community and tourist attraction where music can even be played on banana stems, melodic stuff! Koro is a festive Lugbara dance where people choose lifelong marriage partners while Nambi is performed at traditional marriages or weddings mainly by women. Otuwenge is a dance by the Lugbara and Kebu, literally means "elbow" and involves raising those arm joints. Ndere is a quiver used by Lugbara for traditional dance. Ndara is a xylophone or percussion musical instrument made from banana stems or eucalyptus wood and played on the ground during Ndara Music & Dance festivals like the ones held at the end of the year in an open grassfield (part of the ancient Golf Course) around Sambia where Shell Petrol Station and adjacent shops are located now...

Music is food for the soul...