Rwanda Intore Dance

Music and dance plays a great role in the traditions of all the people of Rwanda. The people of Rwanda have got different kinds of music and dance which range from acts that bring out poetical composition in remembrance of excellence and bravery, humorous lyrics, to hunting root. Traditional songs are usually accompanied by a solitary Lulunga, which is a harp-like instrument having eight strings. More dances for celebrating are accompanied by a drum orchestra, which typically consists of seven to nine members, and collectively produce a hypnotic and exciting explosion set of intertwining rhythms.

The male dance, referred to as Intore in the Kinyarwanda language, were worriors in the past. On the other hand, the female’s dance is usually compared to ballet. It is meant to display the grace as well as the beauty of the women of Rwanda and emulating cattle’s movement.

Cattle is a kind of wealth in both Rwandan and Burundian culture.
However, the Rwandan dance is done by all the three ethnic groups of Rwanda including the Hutu, Tutsi and Twa.

From the Iinimba through the Imishayayo up to the Intore, men dance to depict love and care. Ikinimba is part of the traditional courtship ritual. It is danced by men and un married women. When a woman gets married, she may stop performing in the dance. Even after they have married.

Visitors who are lucky might get the opportunity to spontaneous traditional dances in the villages of Rwanda. The Intore Dance Troupe is the best exponent of Rwanda’s several and dynamic traditional musical and dance styles. Started many hundreds of years back, the Intore-literacy ‘The Chosen ones’-at the time danced exclusively for the Royal court, however, today, their exciting dance can be organized at short notice through the national Museum in Butare. A more   modern type of Rwandan music is the up beat and harmonious devotional singing, which can be heard in any church service all over the state.