The Tupuri are an ethnic groupinCameroon and Chad. They speak a language called Tupuri, which had 125,000 speakers in Cameroon at an unspecified date and 90,785 speakers in Chad in 1993. There were 215,466 of them in Chad in 2009.[1]
The Tupuri are known for a dance called the gourna, "the dance of the cock", which involves the dancers forming a circle and holding long sticks.[3][4]
The Tupuri political and religious life is headed by the Wang Doré, the traditional Kings of Doré, who are based in the village of Doré near Fianga, Chad.[5]
^Tchago, Boumion D. (1994). "La fête religieuse de Kagi du royaume de Doré". In Tubiana, Joseph (ed.). L'identité tchadienne : l'héritage des peuples et les apports extérieurs : actes du colloque international célébrant le 30e anniversaire de la fondation de l'Institut national des sciences humaines de l'Université du Tchad, Ndjaména, 25-27 novembre 1991. Paris: Harmattan. pp. 139–157. ISBN2-7384-2622-0.
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