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CHIMTALI

Chimtali is a women‟s dance in which dancers perform in a circle surrounding drummers. Traditionally, the chimtali uses one big round double-headed drum and two drummers who play different rhythms on the same drum; one maintaining the general pulse and the other playing according to the dance steps. In the Chewa communities where this research was conducted this dance is called chimtala. Although it is difficult to determine the correct name for the dance, almost all conservative Chewa communities prefer the name chimtala to chimtali. Studying closely the two titles of the dance – chimtala and chimtali – one finds more convenience in the use of the latter rather than the former terminology because of the syllables –tali. In Chichewa, these syllables form the root for English words “tall” or “long,” an expression that is in common usage. On the other hand, the root –tala as in chimtala poses a challenge in meaning especially to modern Chichewa speakers in reference to this dance.