Makishi Dance - Kanda Unguveta

Makisi or makishi are the masquerades of the Ngangela, Tchokwe and Luena (Luvale) people of Angola, DRC, Namibia and Zambia. They appear and dance in village square during the coming-of-age rites for the boys.
"Culture survives in smaller spaces - not in the history books that erect monuments to the nation's grand history but in cafes and cinema houses, village squares, and half-forgotten libraries." - Amitava Kumar.
Special thanks to Kapalu Lizambo and Lenga Navo culture Group, Josephine and her group for these wonderful performances. Kavumbi na ciyulo ca Njambi tatetu ci kale navo...

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This song reminds me home in Zambezi

[@manyingapressclubmpc8977]

This never gets old because it's gold

[@syrah_chichi5898]

These luvale people can dance

[@nawejitchikwata2415]

Kwimba tchethu! ❤️❤️❤️❤️🕺🏾🕺🏾🕺🏾🕺🏾💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾

[@chingandumwimbe1180]

I love this song

[@KapaluKapalu]

Cisemwa🕺🏾🕺🏾🕺🏾

[@JacksonNdala-ns5fz]

I love my culture luvale kaa

[@nyumbubeauty8157]

Our best danser

[@bridgetmiyanda4343]

Luvale oye...

[@ndumbaveikok369]

Ngangela for life!

[@elizabethgift28]

I love my culture so much it's world haritag

[@doreenmakuya2307]

My culture my pride 💪💪

[@CleopatraSamuzala]

I love my luvale culture even in 2040 my children have to listen to this.. If not nangukabanga hazubo! 🥰🤦💕

[@cleopatrasamulaka900]

Wow

[@gadsonkamawu764]

Nice and easy 👍🇿🇲

[@eduwardveleminandeshimona8966]

Proud to be ngangela 💋

[@frankmungwele3986]

My one and only culture love you people

[@jairosmasuwa4817]

Vaka chinyama❤

[@user-ob1nh4cw2y]

I don't know that thing that is going to separate me from this my beautiful culture ❤❤❤.
Baka chinyama anga twayoya na zyingunda 😮😮

[@moseskangombe4005]

I like this culture

[@user-ob1nh4cw2y]

I'm proud of my culture, I will never kill it no matter what

[@nenekamiji6214]

Don't beat me cause am mama's flower, my culture so beautiful

[@sydneykavwala9731]

Old is gold love ifinyau

[@lindomarsamba]

Maravilhosas origens do samba brasileiro e de outros traços da cultura brasileira. Saudações do Rio de janeiro!

[@user-bk6gx7sg3j]

Well, the majority of Black Brazilians come from Angola.. and the Luena or Luvale are from Democratic Republic of Congo originally, but they live in Angola and Zambia.. so it is indeed possible that Luvale music influenced Brazilian culture

[@rhodachileshe762]

love the dance and the floor of the dance

[@mercywakumelo947]

Mitende yenu 🧎🧎🧎🧎

[@kingsleyfwalishi3938]

I love you guys, proud to be a chokwe/luvale

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Kell cee Zambia chisengo chaluwaya

[@charitypulendalama8437]

I can't stop watching 🥰🥰🥰

[@noziphokhumalo3097]

Still listening 😍 my mother's daughter proud mbunda

[@fredrickkayombo8787]

I love my culture real north western province ❤😅😅😅😅

[@MathewsMumba-ki4bh]

Hanga twayoya

[@janetsilo850]

I feel like crying coz this is so beautiful.

[@mrkatiba4410]

Yeah its true my friend I also feel l

[@maureenesa3673]

very rich culture indeed

[@shadrickmalesu6388]

My culture and my beautiful people the richest culture in zambia

[@unyanyembe7844]

this is richness is measured how?

[@user-sz9lo8un8p]

nice song

[@preciousnjamba9094]

Great Music....This is what defines us....

[@ngambokalongo8434]

Proud us

[@charitypulendalama8437]

Need to learn this ❤❤👏

[@LubitaInambao]

Like

[@user-yc2zp8he4x]

Need to learn this, it's very beautiful ❤

[@gracesitali9542]

Rich culture grew up in it

[@sievunyungwe9289]

Thanks so much my tradition cousins. I love such songs especially when I'm jogging.

[@user-ye4tu6on8i]

Love it very much

[@nathannathan3428]

This is excellent talent !!!! Much respect from Texas !!! The beat , the dancing and singing is exceptional !!!

[@marthykumalo8799]

Proud to be a Luvale child

[@christabelpalata169]

The rich culture!

[@ernestochinhama1722]

my culture... my people who I'm and where I come from,..tears in eyes...

[@user-yr5ku9tu6z]

My favorite song❤

[@joshuachimuli2753]

Ou mwana wakuli ndumbi akina kanawa na mwiluhululu

[@elisabetechela757]

Simplesmente amooooooooo a minha cultura tshokwe

[@emmanueldavidlukama-wg6cr]

Tiya tumina kuwahaa

[@gracekishaire1090]

I'm proud of being a luvale📌❤

[@beautychisambwe2593]

mukhikho Vene chisemwa nacho kulutwe mwane Kachinga nye ka vena kukambompo moyo wenu vosena vakachinyama from South Africa Yami Sombo lwamukwita

[@mariarosavicentimfranco6622]

Lindas voceis são maravilhosas que o Senhor Deus os Abençoe abundantemente beijos Brasil.🇧🇷💚🇧🇷💚

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Angatwayoya

[@mercykambavu5766]

Nice song

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Am happy to have kalubale

[@evanskawilila1140]

Kulivwenya nakuchima White, chipwe ngwami toooo. Hanga twayoya kuno Ku Mwandi, mungalila yaului mulifuchi lya Zambia

[@inongemubukwanu1630]

Awesome drumbeat

[@DannyLibamba]

I love this song don't slap my child

[@charitypulendalama8437]

Wow! 💜💜💜💜👏

[@eunicemaliwa1324]

Beautiful

[@natashachizola2617]

Chisemwa nacho kulutwe

[@susanmushibi3882]

Talakuwaha am proud of my culture

[@calvinchikenge3346]

my beautiful culture

[@BenMutonga-rp7bk]

Ok one Zambia baka likumbi lyamize

[@kalubichriss6955]

Super

[@richardndumba6330]

Vaka Chinyama, hangavayoya

[@olivermupila9938]

It's about what we stand for no matter what

[@anthonychiyangi4526]

Second to none

[@wamupf2787]

Angola 🇦🇴 Ina Sokoloff nanguya kuli mama

[@lacksonmuchingwa544]

Bakwetu

[@mercywakumelo947]

Mitende yenu

[@quintaskaumbachilai9576]

Eu nasci na Comuna de Lumbala Kanguengue Município de Alto-Zambeze, saí muito sedo não conheço bem a minha cultura, com estas imagens da-me a proximidade com a minha terra natal.

[@mrmisericordia3504]

Como é a religião tradicional dos Chokwe? Queria saber mais, sou brasileiro 🙋🏽‍♂️

[@bowiemuyutu8210]

The drumming in this is more like the way I remember it...

[@HitlersamusSsuku]

Waka Tshiyama

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Proud Lunda

[@chinengechizelu3088]

Beautiful culture 😊

[@eliaspukie3325]

My people 🕺💃

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🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

[@MakishiLQNT]

Alto baile me pege

[@mariarosavicentimfranco6622]

São Paulo 👒👛👠💋💔💕💓💚💙💜❤️💔

[@Honeybee897]

Thank you very much for appreciating African dance. We also appreciate your Samba dance. I wish I could visit Reo dejeneiro.

[@houstonsloursh2575]

Wen are going back to Angola?

[@KalengaChihinga]

Angola is our ancestral home!

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❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

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❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

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talakuwaha hehehehe

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Mwata munakulinga milimo ya inene chikuma tunasakwililako

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Sombo Chinyama-Kachaka

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Sombo Chinyama-Kachaka

[@glendagleeson8013]

would like to get in touch with any real Luchazi person

[@mercylivingi2656]

Glenda Gleeson vakwetu vati

[@christabelpalata169]

Am a Luchazi lady based in New York and proud of my language

[@shikatokabala2225]

My mom is luchazi

[@CholaChitungila-ev3oy]

Hanga twayoya

[@evanskawilila1140]

Kulivwenya nakuchima White, chipwe ngwami toooo. Hanga twayoya kuno Ku Mwandi, mungalila yaului mulifuchi lya Zambia

[@mercynkumbwa7834]

A richest cultural dance. Wele wele weleeee. Talambunda okuwa

[@maureenesa3673]

very rich culture indeed

[@christabelpalata169]

Talamawino kuwaha.

[@simonlumingu3853]

Iconic kuwaha