In the northern part of Côte d'Ivoire, the Sinufo tribe lives. In four villages, local residents have preserved the dance of young virgins, which they show with pleasure to the guests of the country.
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To see such an unusual and original dance, we arrived in the village of Kunuman, which is located a little south of the city of Boundiali.
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The dance is performed by virgins, but the boys of this village take an active part in it.
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The dance does not carry any mystical load. It's just girls dancing before they enter adulthood.
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It turned out that the fire on the site was burning for a reason. A special action was performed near him, in which the leader of the group took a burning coal in his teeth.
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After that, the dancing continued. [youtube]8xvSo7Fsy08[/youtube]
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At the end of the show, our girls were invited to join... [youtube]xCMLTQyY1qA[/youtube]
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And of course, the final chord — photographing all the participants in the dance))[youtube]M6CKZbxZzSE[/youtube]
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