UNESCO Lists Congolese rumba as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

cross-posted from: https://baraza.africa/post/28510

Congolese rumba is a musical genre and a dance common in urban areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo. Generally danced by a male-female couple, it is a multicultural form of expression originating from an ancient dance called nkumba (meaning ‘waist’ in Kikongo).