etween 400 and 500 Rwandans live in the tri-state area, over 70% of whom speak Kinyarwanda, according to the Permanent Mission of Rwanda to the UN in Murray Hill. The small but active community comes together multiple times per year for various holidays, cultural events, and picnics. Two of the most important events are an annual memorial to commemorate the Rwandan genocide in which nearly one million Tutsi were killed, and Liberation Day on July 4th, which commemorates the end of Juvénal Habyarimana's totalitarian dictatorship. Banyarwanda (the ethnic group to which Kinyarwanda speakers belong) are known for their dance, which one community member describes as a "cultural mix of African, Indian, and European styles", often accompanied by the inanga, a stringed instrument native to Burundi and Rwanda. Children of Rwandan immigrants and refugees maintain less fluency in Kinyarwanda than their parents, prompting efforts to reintroduce the language at home and in school.