VIDEO: Rwandan cultural dancers surprise Arsenal players with dance during training
A group of Rwandan traditional dancers early this week turned up at the Arsenal Training Centre in London Hertfordshire, to surprise players who were undergoing drills in preparation for the weekend game against champions Manchester City.
The group of about 10 troupers putting on headdresses with glasslike wigs marched in drumming and chanting victory to the unsuspecting players. One by one of the players started adjusting and looking to the direction of the marching dance troupe before the two groups came with in logical distance and the Intore dance began.
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The group danced while the players clapped and the willing ones joined in.
“We are here to surprise the Arsenal team with performance of the Intore dance from Rwanda. Intore literally means the chosen one,” the dance troupe head said.
“The dance symbolizes pride and the chant is a call for victory,” he added.
Among the players available during training were; Mesut Ozil, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Pierre Emerick Aubameyang, Alex Iwobi, Mohammad Elneny, Hector Bellerin, Alexandre Lacazette, and Shkodran Mustafi among others.
At one time, Mustafi, Aubemeyang and Elneny joined in the dance. Arsenal FC would later tweet; “It was just a normal day at training... ...and then this happened,” attaching the video as well.
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Arsenal FC – one of the giant British Football Clubs recently signed a three-year deal with Rwanda Development Board through its subsidiary ‘Rwanda Convention Bureau’ to promote the country’s tourism.
The Rwanda Development Board, through their subsidiary, the Rwanda Convention Bureau, has become our first official sleeve partner as part of the country’s drive to become a leading global tourist destination, using ‘Visit Rwanda’ messaging,” the club announced on its official website.
The three-year deal, according to Arsenal’s official statement, will also see ‘Visit Rwanda’ become “our official Tourism Partner.”
“The ‘Visit Rwanda’ logo will feature on the left sleeve of all our teams next season. The new kit for season 2018/19 was unveiled on May 22,” the statement added.
