This year's TSK Folklife Festival marks the 55th anniversary of the Ten Sleepless Nights, the territory's legendary quelbe ...

Gule Wamkulu previously survived attempts to ban it by early Christian missionaries who viewed African cultural ... beyond to fully unpack the ritual aspect of the dance practice," Magwati said.

Some masquerades are entertainment—a parade, for example, or dance that reinforces the cultural identity of a community. Others remain embedded in religious or social ritual. In these ...