In 2021, Congolese Rumba was added to the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Congolese rumba is a musical genre and a dance common in urban areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo. Generally danced by a male-female couple, it is a multicultural form of expression originating from an ancient dance called nkumba (meaning ‘waist’ in Kikongo)The rumba is considered an essential and representative part of the identity of Con