Rwandan INTORE have been included in the World Cultural Heritage
Date: 2024-12-04
The Department of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), has included Rwanda's INTORE in the Intangible Cultural Heritage of the World.
This was announced by UNESCO on December 3, 2024, which shows the value of traditional Rwandan dance on the international stage, especially since the Intore dance has reached a lot through the performances of the Itorero ry Gihugu Urukerera and various others that are popular with many people.
Intore is the first entertainment activity in Rwanda to be registered as a World Heritage Site.
This decision was taken at the 19th meeting of the Council of Representatives for the Protection of World Heritage, which is being held in Asunción, Paraguay from the 2nd to the 7th of December 2024.
In addition to the INTORE included in the intangible cultural heritage of the world, there are other activities and cultures of different countries that are included in the list, such as the method of fish farming used in Korea, the culture of painting in Serbia, and the arrangement of rose flowers that are famous in Arabia. Saudi and Palestinian soap making methods.
There is also Wosana, a traditional culture of the Bakalanga people in Botswana, Indonesian dance known as 'Reog Ponorogo performing art', Paraguayan music known as Guarania and various others.
That happened but a year later, the four monuments of the Genocide against the Tutsi were included in the World Heritage and the Nyungwe National Park.
Usually the Intore festival is one of the most popular celebrations of Rwandans and foreigners in Rwandan entertainment, which started during the reign of Kigeli Rwabugili.
In early Rwanda, there was a dance for men only, which was called "Umuhamirizo w Intore".
The Intore army emerged during the reign of Kigeli IV Rwabugili, around 1880, and was initiated by Prince Muhigirwa, the son of Rwabugili, who was in charge of the Inyaruguru Army, which was the one that killed the army and other existing army units. at that time, he is busy with the game of death.
It is an Intore dance that is popular in Rwanda and is one of the most popular dances in Rwanda.
Umuhamirizo is a combination of the Burundi tradition and the memory of Rwandans.
That's why when the INTORE march they have spears and weapons, and the way they don't dry looks like they are at war.
The mahimarizo first went to dance in royal ceremonies in front of the chiefs, then it became popular among the people through lessons held in the national church, they learned it and learned it and went to dance it with them.
