Nkore Folklore

Uganda: The Banyankore [Munyankore]:

Munyankore is a singular noun denoting an individual from the Banyankore (plural) or people from Ankore region in Uganda. According to The Encylopedia of the Third World, the Banyankore comprise eight per cent of the Ugandan population (1992, 2004). "The Banyankore are a Bantu group. They inhabit the present districts of Mbarara, Bushenyi and Ntungamo [in Ankore], western Uganda. People from the present counties of Rujumbura and Rubabo in Rukungiri District share the same culture".

Kundiba Ntafire.
Mothers urge their children to heed the lessons they impart, for as one phrase cautions, when their parents have died, they will be "like cows feeding on the grass"—that is, they will need to look after themselves. This is a traditional song of the Ankole people of western Uganda.

Ekitaguriro.
This dance belongs to the nomadic Banyankole of western Uganda who cherish the cattle they tend for a living and are sometimes ribbed by their country-men for their great devotion. This dance praises the long-horned cows of Ankole and Rwanda—found nowhere else on earth. The dancers imitate the sounds, rhythms and the movements of the graceful cows. This piece features the omukuri (a flute from the Ankole region), used to herd the cattle.