Nyau, a dance common to Mozambique's Tete province and some parts of Zambia and Malawi, is no exception. In Mozambique: Nyau - Pure and Mysterious African Culture - allAfrica.com ...

In Zambia only the Nyau dance and the Makishi dance performed by the Luvale people of North western province were singled out for the medals.

Nyau is a secret society whose membership is usually open only to the Chewas in central Malawi. The tribe is mainly known for Gule wankulu, or Nyau -- literally its “big dance,” performed by ...

The Nyau brotherhood, known for their Gule Wamkulu dance, is undergoing a modern makeover while maintaining their secretive identities in Malawi, Zambia, and Mozambique.

Nyau culture is a secret society of the ... the culture spread to Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Nyau dance was originally a way of commemorating ancestral events or was performed at functions ...

THE organiser of the Gule Wamkulu Season Shutdown concert Notice Tineyi Mazura — popularly known as Boss Bingu — has dismissed claims that Nyau/Gule cultural norms and values have been eroded ...

Kubik compares nyau traditions with those of neighboring matrilineal peoples in eastern Angola, southern Zaïre and Zambia and in Mozambique and Tanzania (see the table on page 38). Date 1987 Call ...

Gule Wamkulu was a secret cult, involving a ritual dance, practiced among the Chewa in Malawi, Zambia, and Mozambique. It was performed by members of the Nyau brotherhood, a secret society of ...

Nyau, the primary spiritual practice of the Chewa people of Central Malawi, was viewed by Christian missionaries and colonial administrators as exhibition of obscenity, sensuality and cruelty.