
Mozambique
Episode 3 | 56m 56sVideo has Closed Captions
One of the African countries most linked to dance, Mozambique maintains exciting styles.
One of the African countries most connected to dance, Mozambique maintains many exciting styles. Disembarking in Maputo, we met the Xindiro Group, which specializes in Xigubo dance, inspired by rituals of African warriors; the historian Atanásio Nyusi, who keeps the Mapiko tradition alive (a dance with wooden masks); and a female group that disseminates the culture of the Tufo dance.
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United Nations of Dance is a local public television program presented by WLIW PBS

Mozambique
Episode 3 | 56m 56sVideo has Closed Captions
One of the African countries most connected to dance, Mozambique maintains many exciting styles. Disembarking in Maputo, we met the Xindiro Group, which specializes in Xigubo dance, inspired by rituals of African warriors; the historian Atanásio Nyusi, who keeps the Mapiko tradition alive (a dance with wooden masks); and a female group that disseminates the culture of the Tufo dance.
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