The debaa or deba is a mixture of traditional dance, music and song practiced on the island of Mayotte[1] where it is reserved exclusively for women[2]
Debaa can have religious[3] significance, be practiced as a distraction, or be akin to a competition between several groups of women from different villages.
- ^ "océan indien [ mayotte | un chant soufi dansé par les femmes" (PDF). culture.gouv.fr (in French).
- ^ remi (2017-01-15). "Conférence dansée: Le debaa ouvre la saison culturelle du centre universitaire - Le Journal De Mayotte actualité". Le Journal De Mayotte (in French). Archived from the original on 2020-10-08. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
- ^ "À la découverte du Debaa de Mayotte". Institut des Cultures d'Islam (in French). Archived from the original on 2020-10-10. Retrieved 2020-10-06.