Fiche festival
Africa
Kuru Dance and Music Festival
Traditional and popular parties · D'Kar (Ghanzi), Botswana
Dates
August (around the full moon) (usually)
Venue
D'Kar (Ghanzi), Botswana
Genres
Traditional and popular holidays
Also known as the
Kuru
The festival
In D'Kar, in the Ghanzi district at the gates of Kalahari, the Kuru Dance and Music Festival gathers the San communities of Botswana, Namibia and South Africa every August under the full moon. Created in 1997 by the Kuru Cultural Centre, it dances and sings the Naro San and their neighbours: hunting dances, rituals of passage and the famous healing trance dance, sacred heart of the encounter.
It is the largest San cultural gathering in Southern Africa, a joyful affirmation of a long-threatened identity. Around the fire, elders transmit, children learn, and San culture is celebrated itself.