Guruve Marimba group dance to China

GURUVE Marimba Dance group from Mashonaland Central province proved their prowess in Dinhe dance to beat the country’s nine other provincial champions to emerge winners of this year’s annual Chibuku Neshamwari traditional dance competition held at Manicaland Showgrounds in Mutare on Saturday.

The dance competition is sponsored by Delta Beverages through their Chibuku brand and co-ordinated by National Arts Council of Zimbabwe, in partnership with Zimbabwe Traditional Dance Association.

For their efforts, the 15-member group who showcased the Dinhe dance, a spiritual animistic dance that is performed to arouse and initiate ancestral communication and dialogue walked away $7 000 richer plus a trip to China for a dance exhibition, while Makare-Kare traditional dance group from Mashonaland East and Bolamba Arts from Matabeleland South pocketed $5 000 and $3 000 for occupying second and third positions, respectively.

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