{"id":23,"date":"2014-03-12T19:55:33","date_gmt":"2014-03-12T19:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utamaduni.dk\/arkiv\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2016-08-13T19:41:39","modified_gmt":"2016-08-13T19:41:39","slug":"about-utamaduni","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/utamaduni.dk\/arkiv\/about-utamaduni\/","title":{"rendered":"About Utamaduni"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Det hele startede i 1973, da 32 tanzanianske b\u00f8nder, fra Sukumastammen i det nord\u00f8stlige Tanzania, bes\u00f8gte Moesg\u00e5rd Museum. De var inviteret af lektor Skott og U-landsfonden af 1962 til at demonstrere traditionelle danse og h\u00e5ndv\u00e6rk. Bes\u00f8get gjorde s\u00e5 stort et indtryk p\u00e5 nogle musikere og teaterfolk fra Djursland, at de i 1977 tog til Sukumaland. Her deltog flere af de mennesker, der stadig er aktive i Utamaduni Kulturforening. Danskerne blev fascinerede af sukumaernes m\u00e5de at tromme og danse p\u00e5, og nogle af dem gik i l\u00e6re. Ved gentagne bes\u00f8g hos hinanden opstod indbyrdes forst\u00e5else, venskab og respekt. Det er Utamaduni Kulturforenings menneskelige baggrund.\u00a0\u2028Men der var ogs\u00e5 et mere praktisk udadvendt engagement.\u2028 Danskerne begyndte nemlig under navnet Utamadunigruppen (senere Utamaduni Dance Troupe) at turnere i hele Danmark med sange, danse, trommespil, fort\u00e6lling, h\u00e5ndv\u00e6rk, hyttebygning m.m., og blev et farverigt indslag i mange U-lands sammenh\u00e6nge p\u00e5 skoler, h\u00f8jskoler og lignende. Interessen spredte sig, dansegrupper opstod, og alle disse folk havde lyst til at samles. Det gjorde de p\u00e5 en forl\u00e6nget weekend i 1983 \u2013 p\u00e5 den allerf\u00f8rste danselejr – der samlede ca. 70 deltagere.\u2028 Den fandt sted p\u00e5 Keramikg\u00e5rden i Ramten Skov, hvor Utamadunilejren har v\u00e6ret lige siden. Lejren voksede, og praktisk hj\u00e6lp blev n\u00f8dvendig.\u2028 En st\u00f8rre flok af lokale kollektivister tr\u00e5dte til med hj\u00e6lp om de praktiske ting p\u00e5 lejren. S\u00e5ledes gik det til, at den nuv\u00e6rende Utamaduni Kulturforening opstod.\u2028 Lejren er vokset fra sm\u00e5 70 til godt 700 mennesker, og hvert \u00e5r har vi haft g\u00e6stel\u00e6rere fra Sukumaland. \u00a0Udover lejrene har foreningen i de senere \u00e5r besk\u00e6ftiget sig med bistandsprojekter som f.eks. renovering og opstilling af majsm\u00f8ller i b\u00e5de Sukumaland og hos Masai’erne i Ngorongoro-omr\u00e5det.<\/p>\n

Siden det f\u00f8rste m\u00f8de med sukumadansegruppen WanaCecilia i 1973 er der opst\u00e5et et st\u00e6rkt venskabsb\u00e5nd med gruppens hjemsted Bujora Cultural Centre. Stedet rummer museum, h\u00e5ndv\u00e6rkerskole, klinik og meget andet, og mange danskere har v\u00e6ret g\u00e6ster der. De lokale dansegrupper har v\u00e6ret til stor inspiration, og samarbejdet med dem har f\u00f8rt nye sukumadanse- og musik til Danmark.<\/p>\n

De kulturinteresserede danskeres \u00e5relange venskab med sukumaerne har bragt mange historier og oplevelser med sig, og Utamaduni Archive har som \u00e9t form\u00e5l at afd\u00e6kke disse. Derudover arbejder vi i arkivet for at hj\u00e6lpe med til at dokumentere viden om sukumaernes unikke traditionelle kultur, som under moderne og vestlig p\u00e5virkning forsvinder med de \u00e6ldre generationer, og som derfor er vigtig at bevare.<\/p>\n

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It all started in 1973 when 32 Tanzanian peasants from the Sukuma tribe in northeastern Tanzania, visited the Moesgaard Museum. They were invited by Associate Professor Skott and U-landsfonden af 1962 to demonstrate traditional dances and crafts. The visit made such an impression on some musicians and theater people from Jutland that they in 1977 went to Sukumaland. Several of the people, who are still active in Utamaduni Cultural Association, participated in this trip. The Danes were fascinated by the Sukuma way of drumming and dancing, and some of them went there again to learn more. From repeated visits to each other grew mutual understanding, friendship and respect. This is the Utamaduni Cultural Society’s human background. But there was also a more practical extrovert engagement. The Danes began namely under the name Utamadunigruppen (later Utamaduni Dance Troupe) to tour throughout Denmark with songs, dances, drumming, storytelling, crafts, cabin building, etc., and was a colorful feature at many contexts in schools, colleges and the like. The interest spread, dance groups arose, and all these people wanted to gather. They did so on a long weekend in 1983 – on the very first dance camp – with approximately 70 participants. It took place at Keramikg\u00e5rden in Ramten Forest, where the Utamaduni Camp has been ever since. The camp grew, and practical help was needed. A large crowd of local collectivists came with the help of the practical things at the camp. Thus it came about that the current Utamaduni Cultural Association occurred. The camp has grown from 70 to over 700 people, and each year we have had guest teachers from Sukumaland. In addition to the camps, the association in recent years engaged in assistance such as renovation and installation of corn mills in both Sukumaland and for the Masaai people in Ngorongoro area.<\/p>\n

Since the first meeting with the Sukuma dance group WanaCecilia in 1973\u00a0 a strong friendship with the group’s home Bujora Cultural Centre has emerged. The museum holds a museum, artisan school, clinic and much else, and many Danes have been guests there. The local dance groups has been a great inspiration, and cooperation with them has led new sukumadance- and music to Denmark.<\/p>\n

The culturally interested Danes’ long-standing friendship with Sukuma people has brought many stories and experiences, and Utamaduni Archive has an aim to uncover these. In addition, the archive works for helping to document knowledge of the unique traditional culture of the Sukumas, which in modern and Western influences disappear with the older generations, and therefore are important to preserve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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