Larakaraka
Category: Genre
Summary
Larakaraka is an Acholi sung social and courtship dance associated with northern Uganda. Musical skill, physical presentation and interaction between participants make it an arena of social judgment and relationship-building. The performance includes distinct roles for singers, instrumentalists and dancers. [1]
Contemporary and trending
A 2026 report from Padibe in Lamwo observes youth gathering for Larakaraka and records practitioners’ accounts of learning and participation. The practice continues in markets and connected village settings, with individuals bringing different experiences to the arena. Current observation is especially useful alongside older descriptions of prescribed roles. [2]
History
Lucy Taylor’s research account uses the Judith Hanna archive and Acholi oral/literary sources to examine dance, gender and transmission. Historical descriptions show how courtship performance communicated social expectations. They also require interpretation: a staged image or a remembered convention is not a complete description of every later participant’s experience. [1]
Musical characteristics
Short repeated singing and coordinated movement interact with percussion. The 2026 practitioner account describes large and smaller drums, calabashes struck with bicycle spokes, and fiddle. Learning to sing while playing and controlling the calabash sound is part of the musical skill being judged. [2]
Geography and communities
The core is the northern Ugandan Acholi landscape, including documented Lamwo, Kitgum, Gulu and Omoro relationships. A connected field represents these town and countryside networks. South Sudan has related Acholi communities, but this entry does not assign an equally strong cross-border field without more specific performance evidence. [1] [2]
Artists
Patrick Odoch describes his experience as a dancer, singer, calabash player and trainer; Joyce Aber explains performance organization and participant choice. Their testimony restores named community expertise to an account that might otherwise identify only a generalized tradition. [2]
Representative performances
| Repertoire | Field use | Notes |
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| traditional | regional | Comprehensive catalogue; recent discovery is prioritized and worthwhile older music remains playable. Preserve specific recording contexts and dates. |
| Artist | Performance / song / title | Embedded player URL | Notes | Repertoire kind | Repertoire date | Recording date | Format | Opening | Places | Fit | Evidence | Review note | MuGlobe favorite | Current hit | Authentic |
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| Plan B Lounge Gulu Larakaraka ensemble, personal names uncredited | LARAKARAKA DANCE AT PLAN B LOUNGE GULU CITY. 30TH SEPT 2026 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/GFBri1veLAc | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: DON KISKY TV. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual musical presentation at Plan B Lounge Gulu City,30September2026. Source title gives event day; publisher DON KISKY is not assumed the musician. Documented performance/session: 2026-09-30. Video publication: 2026-10-01; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[3] | traditional | unknown | 2026-09-30 | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: DON KISKY TV. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual musical presentation at Plan B Lounge Gulu City,30September2026. Source title gives event day; publisher DON KISKY is not assumed the musician. Documented performance/session: 2026-09-30. | false | false | false |
| Acholi Larakaraka singers and percussionists, personal names uncredited | Amazing Larakaraka (Raka Raka) Performance: A traditional Acholi courtship dance💃Northern Uganda | https://www.youtube.com/embed/IwRkNGI-Tzc | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Mwoto Africa. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. Video publication: 2026-09-07; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[4] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Mwoto Africa. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. | false | false | false |
| Acholi Larakaraka singers and percussionists, personal names uncredited | LARAKARAKA DANCE - Courtship and Entertainment Acholi Dance #acholi #traditional #dance | https://www.youtube.com/embed/h4SMDJvliXk | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: SANTANA WOD AGAGO (SWA) MEDIA HOUSE - UGANDA. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. Video publication: 2026-09-02; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[5] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: SANTANA WOD AGAGO (SWA) MEDIA HOUSE - UGANDA. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. | false | false | false |
| Star of Hope Nursery and Primary School ensemble | The Larakaraka (Acholi Cultural Dance) - Star of Hope Nursery and Primary School | https://www.youtube.com/embed/kAK3DifcifU | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: starofhope school. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual own-school Larakaraka musical presentation by pupils; no invented personal singers or teachers’ vocal roles. Video publication: 2026-08-30; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[6] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: starofhope school. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual own-school Larakaraka musical presentation by pupils; no invented personal singers or teachers’ vocal roles. | false | false | false |
| Acholi Larakaraka singers and percussionists, personal names uncredited | Larakaraka Dance | Acholi_ Luo Traditional Dance | Northern Uganda Cultural Dance | https://www.youtube.com/embed/Fo8gxwx2ov8 | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Mwoto Africa. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. Video publication: 2026-07-03; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[7] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Mwoto Africa. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. | false | false | false |
| Acholi Larakaraka singers and percussionists, personal names uncredited | Watching Acholi best LARAKARAKA traditional dance 🐘💥 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/Tx55uf3931E | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: ACHOLI COMMUNITY TV 🇺🇬. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. Video publication: 2026-06-30; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[8] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: ACHOLI COMMUNITY TV 🇺🇬. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. | false | false | false |
| Acholi Larakaraka singers and percussionists, personal names uncredited | ACHOLI COURTSHIP DANCE: LARAKARAKA - The original orak | https://www.youtube.com/embed/RO9uubsXNuk | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: SANTANA WOD AGAGO (SWA) MEDIA HOUSE - UGANDA. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. Video publication: 2026-06-23; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[9] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: SANTANA WOD AGAGO (SWA) MEDIA HOUSE - UGANDA. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. | false | false | false |
| Acholi Larakaraka singers and percussionists, personal names uncredited | Forbidden Acholi traditional DANCE 🔥🐘🔥 Acholi traditional dance LARAKARAKA In kitgum | https://www.youtube.com/embed/oR0hssZzlUY | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: ACHOLI COMMUNITY TV 🇺🇬. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. Video publication: 2026-06-18; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[10] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: ACHOLI COMMUNITY TV 🇺🇬. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. | false | false | false |
| Acholi Larakaraka singers and percussionists, personal names uncredited | Acholi Traditional Laraka-Raka Dance | https://www.youtube.com/embed/y2hCVQVPqeQ | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Lamwo Tv. . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. Video publication: 2026-06-02; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[11] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Lamwo Tv. . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. | false | false | false |
| Acholi Larakaraka singers and percussionists, personal names uncredited | Laraka raka Dance Acholi | https://www.youtube.com/embed/bsIuqiW_8TU | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: EMMY-ÑÀ. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. Video publication: 2026-05-16; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[12] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: EMMY-ÑÀ. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. | false | false | false |
| Waka Choir Larakaraka ensemble | Waka Choir Larakaraka Dance from Northern Uganda | https://www.youtube.com/embed/j0V31qq3RQQ | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Waka Choir. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual choir’s named Larakaraka musical/dance rendition, not generic worship because of the word choir. Particular Acholi repertoire relationship is explicit. Video publication: 2026-05-15; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[13] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Waka Choir. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual choir’s named Larakaraka musical/dance rendition, not generic worship because of the word choir. Particular Acholi repertoire relationship is explicit. | false | false | false |
| Gulu Archdiocese Cultural Group | LARAKARAKA DANCE BY GULU ARCHDIOCESE CULTURAL GROUP | https://www.youtube.com/embed/dXrR179_Um4 | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: TWERE (POSSIBLE) MDD Tv. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Larakaraka musical performance at Lango College for Lira Diocese Peace Prayer Week’s20th anniversary in2026. Religious occasion is not grounds to discard identified secular/community form. Documented performance/session: 2026. Video publication: 2026-05-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[14] | traditional | unknown | 2026 | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: TWERE (POSSIBLE) MDD Tv. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific Larakaraka musical performance at Lango College for Lira Diocese Peace Prayer Week’s20th anniversary in2026. Religious occasion is not grounds to discard identified secular/community form. Documented performance/session: 2026. | false | false | false |
| Kumala Dit Arts and Creatives Larakaraka ensemble | ACHOLI DANCE: LARAKARAKA (COURTSHIP DANCE) #luo #acholi #traditional #dance | https://www.youtube.com/embed/RL8aTvGH75M | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: KDA - KUMALA DIT ARTS & CREATIVES. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific own-ensemble Larakaraka presentation, primary source identifies the courtship form rather than a generic African dance. Video publication: 2026-04-23; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[15] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: KDA - KUMALA DIT ARTS & CREATIVES. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific own-ensemble Larakaraka presentation, primary source identifies the courtship form rather than a generic African dance. | false | false | false |
| Acholi Larakaraka singers and percussionists, personal names uncredited | larakaraka acholi | https://www.youtube.com/embed/nVxDN4dFw9E | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: FOOTMARK FILMS . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. Video publication: 2026-03-26; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[16] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: FOOTMARK FILMS . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. | false | false | false |
| Acholi Larakaraka singers and percussionists, personal names uncredited | Acholi traditional courtship dance (Larakaraka) | https://www.youtube.com/embed/3VjE5QOew1w | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: CAPTAIN GILBERT. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. Video publication: 2026-03-03; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[17] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: CAPTAIN GILBERT. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. | false | false | false |
| Acholi Larakaraka singers and percussionists, personal names uncredited | Larakaraka Dance Acholi Pride | https://www.youtube.com/embed/-Nk9cY0eJhg | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: LR Media Initiative Limited. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. Video publication: 2026-02-19; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[18] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: LR Media Initiative Limited. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. | false | false | false |
| Lubaga Girls Secondary School ensemble | Courtship Raka Raka dance performance by Lubaga Girls S.S | Acholi traditional dance Northern Uganda | https://www.youtube.com/embed/wsR_q5-iAlA | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Mwoto Africa. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific own-recordist full courtship Raka Raka performance by the named student ensemble. Musical school presentation is eligible, not a spoken tutorial; shorter same-publisher Lubaga edit held. Video publication: 2026-01-31; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[19] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Mwoto Africa. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific own-recordist full courtship Raka Raka performance by the named student ensemble. Musical school presentation is eligible, not a spoken tutorial; shorter same-publisher Lubaga edit held. | false | false | false |
| Acholi Larakaraka singers and percussionists, personal names uncredited | African Traditional Dance Larakaraka by Luo Peopole Of Uganda #bobiwine #africa #museveni | https://www.youtube.com/embed/YzOpSYzr8JI | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: BOJfilms. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. Video publication: 2026-01-25; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[20] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: BOJfilms. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. | false | false | false |
| Acholi Larakaraka singers and percussionists, personal names uncredited | Acholi's Laraka-raka (COURTSHIP) Dance - Inside Northern Uganda. | https://www.youtube.com/embed/pWZPiP-JL_4 | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Lakuch Tv. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. Video publication: 2026-01-20; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[21] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Lakuch Tv. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. | false | false | false |
| Acholi Larakaraka singers and percussionists, personal names uncredited | Larakaraka Davis from Acholi. #dance #acholiculturaldance #larakarakatiktok #youtube | https://www.youtube.com/embed/PtFLwtjlZ-M | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: LIGHT MEDIA UG. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. Video publication: 2026-01-13; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[22] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: LIGHT MEDIA UG. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. | false | false | false |
| Team Makmot Larakaraka ensemble | Best Acholi larakaraka dance by team Makmot at campaign rally in Kulaka Adilang S/C. | https://www.youtube.com/embed/jtA2xrmfDJU | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: WANG OOH TV. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual2026 primary local source identifies the ensemble performing Larakaraka at a Kulaka Adilang campaign rally. Candidate/politician is not a musician; political setting does not exclude a coherent musical performance. Video publication: 2026-01-12; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[23] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: WANG OOH TV. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual2026 primary local source identifies the ensemble performing Larakaraka at a Kulaka Adilang campaign rally. Candidate/politician is not a musician; political setting does not exclude a coherent musical performance. | false | false | false |
| Acholi Larakaraka singers and percussionists, personal names uncredited | BEST ACHOLI LARAKARAKA DANCE COMPETITION | https://www.youtube.com/embed/SAUabKtZCOo | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Pearl Trails inspired by Uganda – Pearl of Africa. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. Video publication: 2026-01-01; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[24] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Pearl Trails inspired by Uganda – Pearl of Africa. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. | false | false | false |
| Acholi Larakaraka singers and percussionists, personal names uncredited | Best Acholi Larakaraka Traditional Dance | https://www.youtube.com/embed/fSTm__A2r9o | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Pearl Trails inspired by Uganda – Pearl of Africa. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. Video publication: 2025-12-23; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[25] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Pearl Trails inspired by Uganda – Pearl of Africa. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. | false | false | false |
| Beno Bisky Traditional Dancers and musical ensemble | Beno Bisky Traditional Dancers incredibly Perform Larakaraka Dance At Olailong Market Gulu City | https://www.youtube.com/embed/Nh9BTjyvako | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: GangWa Media House. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual source identifies the ensemble performing Larakaraka at Olailong Market, Gulu City, published2025. Group includes musical performers; individual singers are uncredited. Video publication: 2025-12-21; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[26] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: GangWa Media House. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual source identifies the ensemble performing Larakaraka at Olailong Market, Gulu City, published2025. Group includes musical performers; individual singers are uncredited. | false | false | false |
| Mbogo High School ensemble | Larakaraka Dance By Mbogo High School Students at MDD DAY 2025 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/q043wEdv7wE | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Butanda Shafiq Too. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Larakaraka performance at the school’s2025 music/dance/drama day. Source names the performers; photographer and broadcaster are not vocal artists. Video publication: 2025-11-17; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[27] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Butanda Shafiq Too. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Larakaraka performance at the school’s2025 music/dance/drama day. Source names the performers; photographer and broadcaster are not vocal artists. | false | false | false |
| Acholi Larakaraka singers and percussionists, personal names uncredited | Larakaraka dance at Ker Kwaro Koch,Boys Only. | https://www.youtube.com/embed/LKL11iXwNuU | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Kumalo Daily . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. Video publication: 2025-11-16; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[28] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Kumalo Daily . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. | false | false | false |
| Drum Cultural Dance Group | LARAKARAKA LATEST DANCE //ACHOLI COURTSHIP DANCE 2025# DRUM CULTURAL DANCE GROUP | https://www.youtube.com/embed/cjT4ZwbkuiE | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: RAY PRO ON SET. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual2025 full source identifies the named ensemble and Larakaraka musical presentation; Ray Pro is the recordist, not lead singer. Video publication: 2025-11-15; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[29] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: RAY PRO ON SET. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual2025 full source identifies the named ensemble and Larakaraka musical presentation; Ray Pro is the recordist, not lead singer. | false | false | false |
| Acholi Larakaraka singers and percussionists, personal names uncredited | This Acholi Larakaraka Dance Will Blow Your Mind 😍 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/2Y_bzsgsRsE | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: PaLuo Media Tv. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. Video publication: 2025-10-31; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[30] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: PaLuo Media Tv. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. | false | false | false |
| Acholi Larakaraka singers and percussionists, personal names uncredited | LARAKARAKA: ACHOLI TRADITIONAL DANCE | https://www.youtube.com/embed/YAcyW4jt0Ik | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: PaLuo Media Tv. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. Video publication: 2025-10-04; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[31] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: PaLuo Media Tv. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. | false | false | false |
| Acholi Larakaraka singers and percussionists, personal names uncredited | LARAKARAKA DANCE 🇺🇬 from Uganda | https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZVBGWmVSyMo | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Ras-PiXeLs Guy 📸. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. Video publication: 2025-09-16; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[32] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Ras-PiXeLs Guy 📸. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. | false | false | false |
| Janan Schools Sebastian House ensemble | LAKARAKA DANCE BY SEBASTIAN HOUSE | https://www.youtube.com/embed/CUGPlilI1Fw | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: JANAN SCHOOLS TV. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual named school-house Larakaraka musical presentation, not an invented artist named Lakaraka; collective voices/percussion remain credited. Video publication: 2025-08-07; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[33] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: JANAN SCHOOLS TV. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual named school-house Larakaraka musical presentation, not an invented artist named Lakaraka; collective voices/percussion remain credited. | false | false | false |
| Godfrey Opio | Larakaraka Acholi dance presentation by Godfrey Opio in Denver Colorado. | https://www.youtube.com/embed/45g7lXyGm6o | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Godfrey Opio. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Duyee Lamele, own musician explicitly identifies his new-song Larakaraka presentation in Denver. Actual contemporary diaspora reinterpretation retained; US venue does not make the repertoire an unrelated American genre. Video publication: 2025-07-29; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[34] | popular | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Godfrey Opio. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Duyee Lamele, own musician explicitly identifies his new-song Larakaraka presentation in Denver. Actual contemporary diaspora reinterpretation retained; US venue does not make the repertoire an unrelated American genre. | false | false | false |
| Ubuntu Cultural Troupe | Larakarara dance | https://www.youtube.com/embed/aXo-Mwb_X_E | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: ubuntu cultural troupe. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Own troupe’s Larakarara/Larakaraka musical presentation; spelling variation is not an unrelated new genre. Video publication: 2025-06-10; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[35] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: ubuntu cultural troupe. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Own troupe’s Larakarara/Larakaraka musical presentation; spelling variation is not an unrelated new genre. | false | false | false |
| Bumu Cultural Performers | LARAKARAKA DANCE | https://www.youtube.com/embed/HSuMdhsQp4Y | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Bumu Cultural Performers . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific source-titled Larakaraka musical presentations in different2025 own-ensemble uploads. Not all Bumu’s wider Ugandan repertoire assigned this form; no matching entire collection counted. Video publication: 2025-05-17; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[36] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Bumu Cultural Performers . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific source-titled Larakaraka musical presentations in different2025 own-ensemble uploads. Not all Bumu’s wider Ugandan repertoire assigned this form; no matching entire collection counted. | false | false | false |
| Luo Cultural Easter2025 Larakaraka ensemble | LARAKARAKA PRT 1 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/22b2fqL2tVA | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Doris Opiyo. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific2025 Easter musical part1, a distinct documented annual occasion. Publisher’s own Gospel catalogue links are not current performer credits. Documented performance/session: 2025. Video publication: 2025-04-23; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[37] | traditional | unknown | 2025 | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Doris Opiyo. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific2025 Easter musical part1, a distinct documented annual occasion. Publisher’s own Gospel catalogue links are not current performer credits. Documented performance/session: 2025. | false | false | false |
| Bumu Cultural Performers | Larakaraka Cultural Dance from Uganda | Bumu Cultural Performers | https://www.youtube.com/embed/bkI9Z4U1NGc | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Bumu Cultural Performers . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific source-titled Larakaraka musical presentations in different2025 own-ensemble uploads. Not all Bumu’s wider Ugandan repertoire assigned this form; no matching entire collection counted. Video publication: 2025-02-11; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[38] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Bumu Cultural Performers . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific source-titled Larakaraka musical presentations in different2025 own-ensemble uploads. Not all Bumu’s wider Ugandan repertoire assigned this form; no matching entire collection counted. | false | false | false |
| Acholi Larakaraka singers and percussionists, personal names uncredited | Acholi larakaraka traditional dance | https://www.youtube.com/embed/0W-vJubmv8Y | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Tonny Cp Oryem. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. Video publication: 2024-07-29; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[39] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Tonny Cp Oryem. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. | false | false | false |
| Pawidi Larakaraka ensemble, personal names uncredited | Myel Larakaraka pa Lupawidi | https://www.youtube.com/embed/Y5wzmcSpDnU | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Lakwed TV (DEBEN). Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific source-identified Pawidi community musical presentations published2017/2024. Work/locality linked explicitly, exact session dates remain unknown; not every Lakwed documentary is music. Video publication: 2024-03-12; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[40] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Lakwed TV (DEBEN). Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific source-identified Pawidi community musical presentations published2017/2024. Work/locality linked explicitly, exact session dates remain unknown; not every Lakwed documentary is music. | false | false | false |
| PAORINHER anniversary Larakaraka ensemble, personal names uncredited | Beautiful Larakaraka Dance At 17 Years PAORINHER Existence Celebration Acoli Gate TV | https://www.youtube.com/embed/cIdlQ0dNR_U | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Uganda Unity TV. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific17th-anniversary Larakaraka musical celebration. Institution/recordist are not assumed personal vocal artists; upload year alone does not date the institution’s founding. Video publication: 2024-01-29; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[41] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Uganda Unity TV. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific17th-anniversary Larakaraka musical celebration. Institution/recordist are not assumed personal vocal artists; upload year alone does not date the institution’s founding. | false | false | false |
| Akem Kwene Cultural Group | Myel Larakaraka By Akem Kwene Cultural Group | https://www.youtube.com/embed/O7fK6SoLgSw | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Akemkwene Cultural Group. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific own-group Larakaraka song/percussion/dance performance, actual ensemble name, not publisher as unrelated artist. Video publication: 2023-09-05; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[42] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Akemkwene Cultural Group. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific own-group Larakaraka song/percussion/dance performance, actual ensemble name, not publisher as unrelated artist. | false | false | false |
| Watmon Cultural Group | Larakaraka dance WATMON CULTURAL GROUP | https://www.youtube.com/embed/PoHbbinyHpU | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: 𝕎𝕒𝕥𝕞𝕠𝕟 ℂ𝕦𝕝𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕒𝕝 𝔾𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕡 . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific own-ensemble Larakaraka presentations, source publication2020/2023 and different programme lengths. Individual names/session dates unprovided, and digital dates are not asserted as new sessions. Video publication: 2023-07-23; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[43] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: 𝕎𝕒𝕥𝕞𝕠𝕟 ℂ𝕦𝕝𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕒𝕝 𝔾𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕡 . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific own-ensemble Larakaraka presentations, source publication2020/2023 and different programme lengths. Individual names/session dates unprovided, and digital dates are not asserted as new sessions. | false | false | false |
| Acholi Larakaraka singers and percussionists, personal names uncredited | Pyem Oo - Larakaraka (Official Music Audio) Acholi iTv Acoli Gate TV | https://www.youtube.com/embed/JYG6lmwODxI | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Uganda Unity TV. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. Video publication: 2023-06-27; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[44] | traditional | unknown | unknown | audio | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Uganda Unity TV. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. | false | false | false |
| Acholi Larakaraka singers and percussionists, personal names uncredited | Larakaraka Acholi Traditional Dance in Uganda with The best Drumists and singers | https://www.youtube.com/embed/VWCAVs_-kUA | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: muwonge augustine. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. Video publication: 2023-04-19; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[45] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: muwonge augustine. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. | false | false | false |
| Luo Cultural Easter2023 Larakaraka ensemble | Luo Cultural Easter Event - 2023 - Larakaraka Dance Part 3 Of 3 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/bhe1gz4PBzY | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Doris Opiyo. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific third musical part of2023 Easter presentation, no matching full2023 set selected. Exact individual voices remain uncredited. Documented performance/session: 2023. Video publication: 2023-04-12; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[46] | traditional | unknown | 2023 | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Doris Opiyo. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific third musical part of2023 Easter presentation, no matching full2023 set selected. Exact individual voices remain uncredited. Documented performance/session: 2023. | false | false | false |
| St Charles Lwanga Juba Echoes of Heaven choir Larakaraka ensemble | Larakaraka Acholi Traditional Dance - St. Charles Lwanga-Juba (Echoes of heaven Choirs) | https://www.youtube.com/embed/8Np-PZyvW3w | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: St. Charles Lwanga Catholic Church Juba-SouthSudan. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific own-source Acholi Larakaraka performance in Juba, South Sudan. Actual named diaspora/cross-border community supports South Sudan recording/repertoire context; church/choir venue does not make all music generic Gospel. Video publication: 2022-11-26; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[47] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda; country:South Sudan | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: St. Charles Lwanga Catholic Church Juba-SouthSudan. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific own-source Acholi Larakaraka performance in Juba, South Sudan. Actual named diaspora/cross-border community supports South Sudan recording/repertoire context; church/choir venue does not make all music generic Gospel. | false | false | false |
| Acholi Larakaraka singers and percussionists, personal names uncredited | Larakaraka Acholi Traditional Dance | https://www.youtube.com/embed/QnEZwOVz4pM | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Tekwaro Media. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. Video publication: 2022-11-18; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[48] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Tekwaro Media. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. | false | false | false |
| Acholi Larakaraka singers and percussionists, personal names uncredited | Larakaraka Dance with one of the best drumist | https://www.youtube.com/embed/jMYtio0Q68M | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Lakwed TV (DEBEN). Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. Video publication: 2022-09-20; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[49] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Lakwed TV (DEBEN). Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. | false | false | false |
| Acholi Larakaraka singers and percussionists, personal names uncredited | Larakaraka Acholi Cultural Dance | https://www.youtube.com/embed/_nUi8g-qhoY | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Zomy Felix. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. Video publication: 2022-09-10; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[50] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Zomy Felix. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. | false | false | false |
| Agago Larakaraka competition ensemble, personal names uncredited | LOVE: Acholi Larakaraka Folklore Dance - Agago Grand Finale | Luo Folklore | The Luo Online | https://www.youtube.com/embed/hafhzWGzeu4 | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Uganda Unity TV. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Particular Agago grand-finale musical presentation, source explicitly names Larakaraka. Festival/competition setting kept, no fictional singer names from television brand. Video publication: 2022-08-02; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[51] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Uganda Unity TV. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Particular Agago grand-finale musical presentation, source explicitly names Larakaraka. Festival/competition setting kept, no fictional singer names from television brand. | false | false | false |
| Acholi Larakaraka singers and percussionists, personal names uncredited | Larakaraka - Acholi ceremonial courtship dance performed when young people are ready for marriage | https://www.youtube.com/embed/51vKgRQUi3s | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Ben - LIVE. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. Video publication: 2022-06-26; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[52] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Ben - LIVE. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. | false | false | false |
| Acholi Larakaraka singers and percussionists, personal names uncredited | LARAHARAHA ACHOLI CULTURE | https://www.youtube.com/embed/E5EUoDgIbWM | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: expat diaries. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. Video publication: 2022-06-07; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[53] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: expat diaries. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. | false | false | false |
| Palorinya refugee-camp Acholi youth Larakaraka ensemble | My Acholi Traditional dance (Larakaraka) by our youths in Palorinya Refugee Camps Uganda. | https://www.youtube.com/embed/UQRGQ-g9sgg | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Komakech Kenyi 91. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual primary source locates the youth musical presentation in Palorinya refugee camps, Uganda. Do not infer every individual’s nationality from camp location or impose a refugee-story documentary in place of music. Video publication: 2021-12-24; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[54] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Komakech Kenyi 91. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual primary source locates the youth musical presentation in Palorinya refugee camps, Uganda. Do not infer every individual’s nationality from camp location or impose a refugee-story documentary in place of music. | false | false | false |
| Acholi Larakaraka singers and percussionists, personal names uncredited | Larakaraka dance from Acholi in Northern Uganda. | https://www.youtube.com/embed/h-MXiHaXhdo | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: salaamu Maria. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. Video publication: 2021-12-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[55] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: salaamu Maria. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. | false | false | false |
| Acholi Larakaraka singers and percussionists, personal names uncredited | Unique Agago Larakaraka Dance (Part 1) | https://www.youtube.com/embed/NjiXQW2Di7U | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Lakwed TV (DEBEN). Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. Video publication: 2021-09-16; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[56] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Lakwed TV (DEBEN). Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. | false | false | false |
| Kalongo Larakaraka rehearsal ensemble, personal names uncredited | Myel Larakaraka - Acholi Dance @LakwedTV | https://www.youtube.com/embed/DhiRU4jWPkw | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Lakwed TV (DEBEN). Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual primary source identifies musical rehearsal in Kalongo Town Council, recorded by Legendary Films. Rehearsal musical content kept; film company is not a lead singer. Video publication: 2021-02-28; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[57] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Lakwed TV (DEBEN). Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual primary source identifies musical rehearsal in Kalongo Town Council, recorded by Legendary Films. Rehearsal musical content kept; film company is not a lead singer. | false | false | false |
| Watmon Cultural Group | LARAKARAKA | https://www.youtube.com/embed/6MeP-XjTBaY | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: 𝕎𝕒𝕥𝕞𝕠𝕟 ℂ𝕦𝕝𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕒𝕝 𝔾𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕡 . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific own-ensemble Larakaraka presentations, source publication2020/2023 and different programme lengths. Individual names/session dates unprovided, and digital dates are not asserted as new sessions. Video publication: 2020-09-21; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[58] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: 𝕎𝕒𝕥𝕞𝕠𝕟 ℂ𝕦𝕝𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕒𝕝 𝔾𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕡 . Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific own-ensemble Larakaraka presentations, source publication2020/2023 and different programme lengths. Individual names/session dates unprovided, and digital dates are not asserted as new sessions. | false | false | false |
| Acholi Larakaraka singers and percussionists, personal names uncredited | Myel Tekwaro Pa Acholi Larakaraka Dance | https://www.youtube.com/embed/-sRAqC0JXrI | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Austin.. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. Video publication: 2020-08-17; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[59] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Austin.. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. | false | false | false |
| Artifex Cultural Quest | Larakaraka Dance by ARTIFEX CULTURAL QUEST | https://www.youtube.com/embed/uqzd6EkXCxM | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: ARTIFEX CULTURAL QUEST. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific own-ensemble Larakaraka showcase, brief actual musical performance retained. Video publication: 2020-04-26; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[60] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: ARTIFEX CULTURAL QUEST. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific own-ensemble Larakaraka showcase, brief actual musical performance retained. | false | false | false |
| Pawidi Larakaraka ensemble, personal names uncredited | Acholi Larakaraka - Pawidi | https://www.youtube.com/embed/R1dQ8BcEYRU | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Gwokto La'Kitgum. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific source-identified Pawidi community musical presentations published2017/2024. Work/locality linked explicitly, exact session dates remain unknown; not every Lakwed documentary is music. Video publication: 2017-12-17; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[61] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Gwokto La'Kitgum. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific source-identified Pawidi community musical presentations published2017/2024. Work/locality linked explicitly, exact session dates remain unknown; not every Lakwed documentary is music. | false | false | false |
| Acholi Larakaraka singers and percussionists, personal names uncredited | Larakaraka - Courtship dance | https://www.youtube.com/embed/3stPR_Rlg8c | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Patrick K. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. Video publication: 2017-12-15; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[62] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Patrick K. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. | false | false | false |
| Luo Cultural Group | NEW LARAKARAKA DANCE - LONDON 2017 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/jLzA-J56qpU | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Doris Opiyo. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual London2017 Easter-event Larakaraka musical programme; distinct year/occasion from the2016 and2023 excerpts. One set entry rather than invented individual tracks per dancer. Documented performance/session: 2017. Video publication: 2017-04-22; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[63] | traditional | unknown | 2017 | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Doris Opiyo. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual London2017 Easter-event Larakaraka musical programme; distinct year/occasion from the2016 and2023 excerpts. One set entry rather than invented individual tracks per dancer. Documented performance/session: 2017. | false | false | false |
| Lwo / Luo Cultural Group | LARAKARAKA (AKA Orak) PART 2 - 2016 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/uBp7MIWnVZY | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Doris Opiyo. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual separately numbered Larakaraka parts1/2 from2016 Easter festival. Consecutive musical sections retained, no matching whole programme selected. Doris Opiyo publishes but is not automatically the current singer. Documented performance/session: 2016. Video publication: 2016-04-02; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[64] | traditional | unknown | 2016 | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Doris Opiyo. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual separately numbered Larakaraka parts1/2 from2016 Easter festival. Consecutive musical sections retained, no matching whole programme selected. Doris Opiyo publishes but is not automatically the current singer. Documented performance/session: 2016. | false | false | false |
| Lwo / Luo Cultural Group | LARAKARAKA PART 1 2016 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/_GvcqIJfXGw | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Doris Opiyo. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual separately numbered Larakaraka parts1/2 from2016 Easter festival. Consecutive musical sections retained, no matching whole programme selected. Doris Opiyo publishes but is not automatically the current singer. Documented performance/session: 2016. Video publication: 2016-04-01; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[65] | traditional | unknown | 2016 | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Doris Opiyo. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual separately numbered Larakaraka parts1/2 from2016 Easter festival. Consecutive musical sections retained, no matching whole programme selected. Doris Opiyo publishes but is not automatically the current singer. Documented performance/session: 2016. | false | false | false |
| Acholi Larakaraka singers and percussionists, personal names uncredited | Padibe Northern Uganda - Larakaraka | https://www.youtube.com/embed/EEi-lXQvxgo | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Rob Goodman. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. Video publication: 2016-02-12; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[66] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Rob Goodman. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. | false | false | false |
| Acholi Larakaraka singers and percussionists, personal names uncredited | Larakaraka.swf | https://www.youtube.com/embed/ds9zs9caPiw | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: imran ma. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. Video publication: 2012-02-14; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[67] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: imran ma. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. | false | false | false |
| Impromptu Larakaraka ensemble, individual musicians uncredited | Impromptu larakaraka dance | https://www.youtube.com/embed/eIfNAQR3Mbc | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Wade Patterson. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific spontaneous performance during the recordists’ early1995 Kampala-area session. Same field trip is not a new date in2011; distinguish an actual separately titled impromptu rendition from numbered dance performances. Documented performance/session: 1995. Video publication: 2011-07-14; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[68] | traditional | unknown | 1995 | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Wade Patterson. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific spontaneous performance during the recordists’ early1995 Kampala-area session. Same field trip is not a new date in2011; distinguish an actual separately titled impromptu rendition from numbered dance performances. Documented performance/session: 1995. | false | false | false |
| Watmon Cultural Group | larakaraka dance 4 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/RiHUwZbgowc | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Wade Patterson. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual separately numbered1995 field-recorded Larakaraka performances1/4 outside Kampala. Source names Watmon and recordists Wade Patterson, Glendon Jones, Chris Zimmerman and Okello Kelo Sam. Recordist credits do not establish every singing role. No matching full1995 programme counted. Documented performance/session: 1995. Video publication: 2011-07-13; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[69] | traditional | unknown | 1995 | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Wade Patterson. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual separately numbered1995 field-recorded Larakaraka performances1/4 outside Kampala. Source names Watmon and recordists Wade Patterson, Glendon Jones, Chris Zimmerman and Okello Kelo Sam. Recordist credits do not establish every singing role. No matching full1995 programme counted. Documented performance/session: 1995. | false | false | false |
| Watmon Cultural Group | Larakaraka dance 1 | https://www.youtube.com/embed/hamoi6ETXK8 | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Wade Patterson. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual separately numbered1995 field-recorded Larakaraka performances1/4 outside Kampala. Source names Watmon and recordists Wade Patterson, Glendon Jones, Chris Zimmerman and Okello Kelo Sam. Recordist credits do not establish every singing role. No matching full1995 programme counted. Documented performance/session: 1995. Video publication: 2011-07-11; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[70] | traditional | unknown | 1995 | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Wade Patterson. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual separately numbered1995 field-recorded Larakaraka performances1/4 outside Kampala. Source names Watmon and recordists Wade Patterson, Glendon Jones, Chris Zimmerman and Okello Kelo Sam. Recordist credits do not establish every singing role. No matching full1995 programme counted. Documented performance/session: 1995. | false | false | false |
| Acholi Larakaraka singers and percussionists, personal names uncredited | Acholi Youth Dance Larakaraka | https://www.youtube.com/embed/ndZgGUcqZeU | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: DirePRwotAwich. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. Video publication: 2011-01-16; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[71] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: DirePRwotAwich. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. | false | false | false |
| Gulu Secondary School Larakaraka ensemble | Acholi Dance "Larakaraka" at Gulu SS | https://www.youtube.com/embed/rI6d4SbWQ68 | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Kristin Niswonger. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific named students’ musical presentation. Primary source distinguishes Bwola and other Acholi dances; only explicitly Larakaraka recording selected. Video publication: 2010-08-12; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[72] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: Kristin Niswonger. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific named students’ musical presentation. Primary source distinguishes Bwola and other Acholi dances; only explicitly Larakaraka recording selected. | false | false | false |
| Acholi Larakaraka singers and percussionists, personal names uncredited | larakaraka Dance (Langocommunity.com) | https://www.youtube.com/embed/yxJM4G0wpiY | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: langocommunity. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. Video publication: 2009-12-19; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 22 October 2026.[73] | traditional | unknown | unknown | live | unknown | country:Uganda | supported | Recording/context source | Reviewed Larakaraka musical recording. Source: langocommunity. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Specific primary-source titled Larakaraka/Raka Raka musical performances across documented Acholi/community, school, festival and social contexts. Personal musicians remain uncredited rather than relabelling photographers, presenters or channels as singers. Marketing titles such as forbidden are not adopted as factual restrictions; only publicly supplied musical presentation metadata is used. Session dates are not invented from uploads. | false | false | false |
Related genres
Adungu music belongs to the wider northern Ugandan musical landscape but has its own ensemble practices. Larakaraka also differs from Acholi royal and war dances in social function and performance organization. Treating every northern repertoire as a single national folk style would obscure those distinctions. [1] [74]
References and further reading
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Lucy Taylor, Dance, Manhood and Warfare Amongst the Acholi People of Northern Uganda, Library of Congress Kluge Center,28 November2016. Access note: Full substantive public essay and references read; no collection recordings or films accessed.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Bill Oketch, Larakaraka: Where music meets romance in Acholi culture, Monitor,31 May2026. Access note: Substantial public article through the registration boundary read, including Padibe observation and Odoch/Aber testimony; remainder not accessed.
- ↑ LARAKARAKA DANCE AT PLAN B LOUNGE GULU CITY. 30TH SEPT 2026.
- ↑ Amazing Larakaraka (Raka Raka) Performance: A traditional Acholi courtship dance💃Northern Uganda.
- ↑ LARAKARAKA DANCE - Courtship and Entertainment Acholi Dance #acholi #traditional #dance .
- ↑ The Larakaraka (Acholi Cultural Dance) - Star of Hope Nursery and Primary School.
- ↑ Larakaraka Dance | Acholi_ Luo Traditional Dance | Northern Uganda Cultural Dance.
- ↑ Watching Acholi best LARAKARAKA traditional dance 🐘💥.
- ↑ ACHOLI COURTSHIP DANCE: LARAKARAKA - The original orak.
- ↑ Forbidden Acholi traditional DANCE 🔥🐘🔥 Acholi traditional dance LARAKARAKA In kitgum .
- ↑ Acholi Traditional Laraka-Raka Dance.
- ↑ Laraka raka Dance Acholi .
- ↑ Waka Choir Larakaraka Dance from Northern Uganda.
- ↑ LARAKARAKA DANCE BY GULU ARCHDIOCESE CULTURAL GROUP.
- ↑ ACHOLI DANCE: LARAKARAKA (COURTSHIP DANCE) #luo #acholi #traditional #dance .
- ↑ larakaraka acholi.
- ↑ Acholi traditional courtship dance (Larakaraka).
- ↑ Larakaraka Dance Acholi Pride .
- ↑ Courtship Raka Raka dance performance by Lubaga Girls S.S | Acholi traditional dance Northern Uganda.
- ↑ African Traditional Dance Larakaraka by Luo Peopole Of Uganda #bobiwine #africa #museveni.
- ↑ Acholi's Laraka-raka (COURTSHIP) Dance - Inside Northern Uganda..
- ↑ Larakaraka Davis from Acholi. #dance #acholiculturaldance #larakarakatiktok #youtube .
- ↑ Best Acholi larakaraka dance by team Makmot at campaign rally in Kulaka Adilang S/C..
- ↑ BEST ACHOLI LARAKARAKA DANCE COMPETITION .
- ↑ Best Acholi Larakaraka Traditional Dance .
- ↑ Beno Bisky Traditional Dancers incredibly Perform Larakaraka Dance At Olailong Market Gulu City .
- ↑ Larakaraka Dance By Mbogo High School Students at MDD DAY 2025.
- ↑ Larakaraka dance at Ker Kwaro Koch,Boys Only..
- ↑ LARAKARAKA LATEST DANCE //ACHOLI COURTSHIP DANCE 2025# DRUM CULTURAL DANCE GROUP .
- ↑ This Acholi Larakaraka Dance Will Blow Your Mind 😍.
- ↑ LARAKARAKA: ACHOLI TRADITIONAL DANCE .
- ↑ LARAKARAKA DANCE 🇺🇬 from Uganda .
- ↑ LAKARAKA DANCE BY SEBASTIAN HOUSE.
- ↑ Larakaraka Acholi dance presentation by Godfrey Opio in Denver Colorado..
- ↑ Larakarara dance.
- ↑ LARAKARAKA DANCE.
- ↑ LARAKARAKA PRT 1.
- ↑ Larakaraka Cultural Dance from Uganda | Bumu Cultural Performers.
- ↑ Acholi larakaraka traditional dance.
- ↑ Myel Larakaraka pa Lupawidi.
- ↑ Beautiful Larakaraka Dance At 17 Years PAORINHER Existence Celebration Acoli Gate TV.
- ↑ Myel Larakaraka By Akem Kwene Cultural Group.
- ↑ Larakaraka dance WATMON CULTURAL GROUP.
- ↑ Pyem Oo - Larakaraka (Official Music Audio) Acholi iTv Acoli Gate TV.
- ↑ Larakaraka Acholi Traditional Dance in Uganda with The best Drumists and singers.
- ↑ Luo Cultural Easter Event - 2023 - Larakaraka Dance Part 3 Of 3.
- ↑ Larakaraka Acholi Traditional Dance - St. Charles Lwanga-Juba (Echoes of heaven Choirs).
- ↑ Larakaraka Acholi Traditional Dance.
- ↑ Larakaraka Dance with one of the best drumist.
- ↑ Larakaraka Acholi Cultural Dance.
- ↑ LOVE: Acholi Larakaraka Folklore Dance - Agago Grand Finale | Luo Folklore | The Luo Online.
- ↑ Larakaraka - Acholi ceremonial courtship dance performed when young people are ready for marriage.
- ↑ LARAHARAHA ACHOLI CULTURE.
- ↑ My Acholi Traditional dance (Larakaraka) by our youths in Palorinya Refugee Camps Uganda..
- ↑ Larakaraka dance from Acholi in Northern Uganda..
- ↑ Unique Agago Larakaraka Dance (Part 1).
- ↑ Myel Larakaraka - Acholi Dance @LakwedTV.
- ↑ LARAKARAKA.
- ↑ Myel Tekwaro Pa Acholi Larakaraka Dance.
- ↑ Larakaraka Dance by ARTIFEX CULTURAL QUEST.
- ↑ Acholi Larakaraka - Pawidi.
- ↑ Larakaraka - Courtship dance.
- ↑ NEW LARAKARAKA DANCE - LONDON 2017.
- ↑ LARAKARAKA (AKA Orak) PART 2 - 2016.
- ↑ LARAKARAKA PART 1 2016.
- ↑ Padibe Northern Uganda - Larakaraka.
- ↑ Larakaraka.swf.
- ↑ Impromptu larakaraka dance.
- ↑ larakaraka dance 4.
- ↑ Larakaraka dance 1.
- ↑ Acholi Youth Dance Larakaraka.
- ↑ Acholi Dance "Larakaraka" at Gulu SS.
- ↑ larakaraka Dance (Langocommunity.com).
- ↑ Traditional music in Uganda. Access note: Relevant northern/eastern repertoire passages read.
Hotspot mushrooms
A connected northern Ugandan Acholi social-performance landscape, centered between documented Gulu, Kitgum and Lamwo settings. No uncorroborated South Sudan extension.
The fields express editorial judgments about relative musical affinity and reach, not measured audience shares. Radius is the zero edge of a linear fade; same-genre overlaps combine by maximum.
| ID | Location | Latitude | Longitude | Radius (km) | Strength | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| larakaraka-acholi | Northern Uganda Acholi Larakaraka landscape | 3.0 | 32.65 | 300 | 0.76 | Sung courtship/social dance linking villages, markets and community transmission. |