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Kisanola

Le kisanola est une danse congolaise imitant le geste de se peigner les cheveux en tenant un miroir. Le terme kisanola signifie « peigne » en lingala de Kinshasa.

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Le kisanola est une danse congolaise imitant le geste de se peigner les cheveux en tenant un miroir.

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What is Kisanola in plain words?

Le kisanola est une danse congolaise imitant le geste de se peigner les cheveux en tenant un miroir.

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The tradition & historical record

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Le kisanola est une danse congolaise imitant le geste de se peigner les cheveux en tenant un miroir. Le terme kisanola signifie « peigne » en lingala de Kinshasa. 1

Articles connexes

DJ Maréchal Fally Ipupa Portail de la danse République démocratique du Congo 1

The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Kisanola”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. 1

Kisanola is Congolese dance imitating the gesture of combing one's hair while holding a mirror, 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. 2

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