“古勒—沃姆库鲁”,或叫“伟大的舞蹈”,是居住在马拉维、莫桑比克和赞比亚北部地区的柴瓦人的表演形式。仪式舞蹈于7月的丰收节后进行,并伴随有成人仪式,也在婚礼、葬礼、就职仪式或首领去逝时表演。
  柴瓦人传统的母系社会中,丈夫扮演着边缘化角色,因此仪式具有了尼奥(Nyao)神秘社团在不同村庄的人们之中树立一定地位和达成团结的含义。这些神秘社团负责举办少年至成年的成人仪式。会社成员就是成人仪式结束时古勒—沃姆库鲁的表演者,祝贺年轻人融入到成年社会。
  在此场合,尼奥的舞蹈者从头到脚穿着民族服装,戴着木制和稻草做的面具。面具代表了不同的角色,如野生动物、死人灵魂、奴隶贩子,甚至现代事物的形象,如本田汽车或直升飞机。每个形象扮演着一个特殊的、经常是邪恶的角色,以代表某种错误行为,用来指导观众的道德观和社会价值观。这些舞者以充沛的精力表演舞蹈和艺术化了的运动,其中部分是娱乐,部分是表达神灵和鬼魂的世界以恐吓观众。面具制造者既有专业的、也有临时的工匠。古勒—沃姆库鲁的传统服饰被认为是神圣的,因此,它们常被藏于隐秘之地,也常在仪式结束后焚烧掉。
  尽管基督教传教士努力禁止柴瓦社会中的这类表演,它还是设法以吸收基督教因素为代价,在英国殖民统治下幸存下来。现在,尽管母系氏族体系已在这一社会中失去意义,奈瓦社团依然活跃。柴瓦人既是基督教信徒,也是奈瓦社团的成员。

Gul-Womkuru,or Great Dance,is a form of performance by the Chawa people living in Malawi, Mozambique, and northern Zambia. The ritual dance takes place after the harvest festival in July, accompanied by adult ceremonies, and also during weddings, funerals, inauguration ceremonies or the death of the leader. In the traditional Matriarchal society of the Chawa people, the husband plays a marginal role, so the ritual has the meaning of the Nyao mysterious community establishing a certain position and unity among the people in different villages. These mysterious societies are responsible for organizing adult to adult adult ceremonies. The members of the club are the performers of Güller-Womkuru at the end of the adult ceremony, congratulating the young people to integrate into the adult society. On this occasion, the dancers of Neo were dressed in national costumes from head to toe, wearing wooden and straw masks. Masks represent different characters, such as wild animals, dead souls, slave traders, and even modern objects such as Honda cars or helicopters. Each image plays a special, often evil, role that represents a wrong behavior and is used to guide the audience's moral and social values. These dancers perform their dances and artistic movements with plenty of energy, some of which are entertainment and partly a world of gods and ghosts to intimidate the audience. Mask makers have both professional and temporary craftsmen. The traditional costumes of Gul-Womkuru are considered sacred, so they are often hidden in hidden places and often burned after the ceremony. Despite the efforts of Christian missionaries to ban such performances in the Chaiba society, it managed to survive the British colonial rule at the expense of Christianity. Now, although the matriarchal clan system has lost its meaning in this society, the Naiva community is still active. The Chawa people are both Christian believers and members of the Naiva community.



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