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As people were taken from Africa to be sold as slaves, especially starting in the 1500s, they brought their dance styles with them. Entire cultures were imported into the New World, especially those areas where slaves were given more flexibility to continue their cultures and where there were more African slaves than Europeans or indigenous Americans, such as Brazil.
Borborbor is a Ghanaian and Togolese traditional dance performed by the Ewe people from the mid-Volta region of Ghana and Southern Togo including Kpalime and Lomé. [1] The dance is performed especially during the festival of the chiefs and people of communities. [2] This dance is believed to have been originated by Mr. Francis Kudzo Nuatro in ...
Adumu, also known as the Maasai jumping dance, is a type of dance that the Maasai people of Kenya and Tanzania practice. Young Maasai warriors generally perform the energetic and acrobatic dance at ceremonial occasions including weddings, religious rites, and other significant cultural events.
The xibelani dance (Shibelani, Shibelana, Shibelane) is an indigenous dance of the Tsonga women from Mpumalanga and Limpopo located in South Africa. The name of the dance comes from the native Xitsonga language and it can translate to "hitting to the rhythm", for example, the concept " xi Bela ni vunanga ".
The actual dance event is called the Yaake, while other less famous elements—bartering over dowry, competitions or camel races among suitors—make up the week-long Guérewol. [1] The Guérewol is found wherever Wodaabe gather: from Niamey , to other places the Wodaabe travel in their transhumance cycle, as far afield as northern Cameroon and ...
The dance was performed in the dusty sands around a campfire and thus the dance is described by a beautiful Afrikaans expression: "Dans lat die stof so staan" (Dancing at a fast and energetic pace resulting in a lot of dust) The unique dance is performed by a group, often in a circle.
A krumper dancing in Australia. Krumping is a global culture that evolved through African-American street dancing popularized in the United States during the early 2000s, characterized by free, expressive, exaggerated, and highly energetic movement. [1] The people who originated krumping saw the dance as a means for them to escape gang life. [2]
The term "Moribayassa" is unique to Malinke culture and is rarely heard outside of West Africa. The dance, on the other hand, has grown in popularity in recent years and is now performed by dance troupes all over the world. While the name may differ in different cultures and languages, the dance's core meaning and symbolism remain the same.