The tradition
The debaa or deba is a mixture of traditional dance, music and song practiced on the island of Mayotte, where it is reserved exclusively for women.¶
Debaa can have religious significance, be practiced as a distraction, or be akin to a competition between several groups of women from different villages.¶
The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Debaa”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence.¶
Debaa is type of dance, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition.1¶
The source record links this tradition to 1 external register, which can be verified through the citation.1¶
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Bertrand Fanonnel | Eight Studio · CC BY-SA 4.0
What it mixes with
Artists and institutions
Sources
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| Source | Type | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Wikidata: Debaa (Q3042309) | database | Wikidata |
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