Inyambibwa dancers during the performance as they celebrate the 25th anniversary in Kigali on Sunday, March 19. In a variety of beautiful cultural attires, Inyamibwa held consecutive performances with so much energy and beaming smiles as they celebrated 25 years of growth, uniqueness, resilience and loving their culture. All photos by Dan Gatsinzi
Inyamibwa, a cultural troupe founded by Association des étudiants et élèves rescapés du génocide (AERG), an association of students who survived the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi, on Sunday, March 19, thrilled thousands of fans in a concert to mark their 25th anniversary.
The concert at Kigali Conference and Exhibition Village (KCEV) lined up Inyamibwa as the main headliner and Nyundo Drummer Kids who surprised the revelers at the beginning of the show.
The 25-year-old traditional troupe’s dancers hit the stage with more than a dozen traditional dances, including umushagiriro, ikinimba, ikinyemera, guhamiriza, and hinga amasaka.
It was a fully packed KCEV main hall with the audience enjoying the troupe's outstanding performance which included drumming, dancing, and singing. The concert was graced by, among others, Minister of Trade and Industry, Jean-Chrysostome Ngabitsinze, former member of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA), Patricia Hajabakiga, and Rwandan traditional music singers like Intore Masamba, Jules Sentore and Joel Ruti.
In a variety of beautiful cultural attires, Inyamibwa gave their best in successive stunning and energetic performances as they celebrated 25 years of growth, uniqueness, resilience and loving Rwandan culture.
The New Times’ photographer, Dan Gatsinzi, covered the anniversary and brings you the highlights below:
Inyamibwa AERG Cultural troupe is renowned for their exceptional performances, which they primarily give during traditional weddings
Inyamibwa's intore seen here during umuhamirizo during the concert to celebrate the 25th anniversary
The highly concert ‘Urwejeje Imana’, on Sunday evening was indeed one for the books
Through a dozen Rwandan traditional dances, ranging from umushagiriro, ikinimba, ikinyemera, guhamiriza, and hinga amasaka, among others, Inyamibwa thrills the audience
Inyamibwa's concert to mark the 25th anniversary of the troupe held at a fully-parked hall at Kigali Conference and Exhibition Village (KCEV). All Photos by Dan Gatsinzi
Intore Masamba following the performance at the concert
Dancers were really well dressed in a variety of beautiful cultural attires,
In a variety of beautiful cultural attires,
Inyamibwa’s dancers hit the stage with more than a dozen Rwandan traditional dances, ranging from umushagiriro, ikinimba, ikinyemera, guhamiriza, and hinga amasaka, among others.
Thousands of people who turn up for the concert. Photographed here during a fully-parked hall at Kigali Conference and Exhibition Village (KCEV)
Inyamibwa also performed a song that is about heroes with banners that had the three heroes classifications Imanzi, Imena and Ingenzi.
Through a dozen Rwandan traditional dances, ranging from umushagiriro, ikinimba, ikinyemera, guhamiriza, and hinga amasaka, among others, Inyamibwa thrills the audience
The troupe was created in 1998 by a group of students from AERG at University of Rwanda with the aim of promoting the culture through dance.
Inyamibwa’s dancers hit the stage with more than a dozen Rwandan traditional dances, ranging from umushagiriro, ikinimba, ikinyemera, guhamiriza, and hinga amasaka, among others.
The concert brought together people of different age groups
The concert was attended by different Kigali residents and friends of Inyamibwa who come to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the cultural troupe
The concert was graced by Minister of Trade and Industry, Jean-Chrysostome Ngabitsinze, and former member of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA), Patricia Hajabakiga.
In a variety of beautiful cultural attires, Inyamibwa held consecutive performances
The concert was attended by different Kigali residents and friends of Inyamibwa who come to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the cultural troupe
They celebrated 25 years of growth, uniqueness, resilience and loving their culture.
The troupe was created in 1998 by a group of students from AERG at University of Rwanda with the aim of promoting the culture through dance.
Participants during the concert. The concert that brought together people of different age groups
In a variety of beautiful cultural attires, Inyamibwa held consecutive performances with so much energy and beaming smiles as they celebrated 25 years of growth, uniqueness, resilience and loving their culture.
Through a dozen Rwandan traditional dances, ranging from umushagiriro, ikinimba, ikinyemera, guhamiriza, and hinga amasaka, among others, Inyamibwa thrills the audience
The concert that brought together people of different age groups.
In a variety of beautiful cultural attires, Inyamibwa held consecutive performances with so much energy and beaming smiles as they celebrated 25 years of growth, uniqueness, resilience and loving their culture.
Inyamibwa celebrated 25 years of growth, uniqueness, resilience and loving their culture.
They entertained the crowd with a few dance moves that had already taken the crowd by storm.
Attendees in a fully packed Kigali Conference and Exhibition Village (KCEV)
Inyamibwa AERG Cultural troupe is renowned for their exceptional performances, which they primarily give during traditional weddings
The concert that brought together people of different age groups
A fully packed Camp Kigali witnessed the troupe's spectacular performance, which included drumming, dancing, and singing.
The troupe was started in 1998 by a group of students from AERG at University of Rwanda with the aim of promoting the culture through dance.
The troupe was started in 1998 by a group of students from AERG at University of Rwanda with the aim of promoting the culture through dance.
The highly concert ‘Urweje Imana’, on Sunday evening was indeed one for the books as renowned cultural troupe Inyamibwa put up an outstanding show for a fully packed Kigali Conference and Exhibition Village (KCEV) during their 25th anniversary.
Inyamibwa Cultural Troupe celebrates anniversary in epic concert on Sunday, March 19.
After their three-hour performance,A surprise performance by former Inyamibwa dancers who got up from their seats and headed to the stage brought joy to revelers who hadn't seen them in many years.
Revelers during a mass performance as Inyamibwa introduced "Hinga amasaka" song
A surprise performance by former Inyamibwa dancers who got up from their seats and headed to the stage brought joy to revelers who hadn't seen them in many years.
The concert was attended by different Kigali residents and friends of Inyamibwa who come to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the cultural troupe
Revelers joined Inyamibwa on the stage during the performance . The concert was attended by different Kigali residents and friends of Inyamibwa who come to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the cultural troupe
Attendees follow the performance that lasted almost three hours.
The concert lineup included Inyamibwa as main headliner and Nyundo Drummer kids who surprised the revelers at the beginning of the show.
Minister of Trade and Industry Dr Jean Chrysostome Ngabitsinze in a group photo with
In a variety of beautiful cultural attires, the group pleased the audience through their performance
Minister Ngabitsinze in group photo with Inyamibwa after the concert