Zaramo people

The Zaramo are a Bantu people who are based in Dar es Salaam Region and Pwani Region in Tanzania, particularly in the area around the present day city of Dar es Salaam, the Pugu Hills, and Bagamoyo. In 2000 the Zaramo population was estimated to number 656,730.

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Zaramo (dance)

The Zaramo, (Greek: Ζάραμο) is a dance from the northern Greek region of Macedonia, common in Florina regional unit. The name Zaramo comes from the south-slavic phrase za ramo ('shoulder to shoulder', also in Greek: omo me omo).

The dance is done in two or more separate lines, men in one line and women in the other. It consists of an almost hasaposerviko-type movement at the beginning, which is the slow part. The men start out with the right foot, put the left one behind the right, move the right to the side, then lift the left leg, then lift the right leg. The women do the same, but instead of lifting the leg, they step to the side, and then step forward. Then when the transition from fast to slow happens, both men and women step with the right foot, put the left behind, then step in place three times to the side, and three times forward. The dance is performed moving to the right.

This dance is shared by Greeks, Ethnic Macedonians, Serbs and Bulgarians.

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