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The origins of Nigerian dance' are open to speculative reconstruction from contemporary traditional practice and from oral history (see Begho, 1977). It is first necessary to give a brief account of the central characteristics of Nigerian dance.
The origins of Nigerian dance' are open to speculative recon-struction from contemporary traditional practice and from oral history (see Begho, 1977). It is first necessary to give a brief account of the central characteristics of Nigerian dance. Dance in Nigeria is synonymous with music and is even
A study of the dancing of the Yoruba people of Western Nigeria reveals that much of the formalized dance is performed as an integral part of religious ceremony. The dances of priests or chief celebrants are usually distinct from the dances of the initiates. Traditional Yoruba life revolves around the worship of a pantheon of
10 lis 2022 · Cultural Dance in Nigeria. Here we have dance styles of native tribes and indigenes, warrior ballads that tell stories of lives past, and the world of a hundred years ago told through mime sequences. We talk about Atilogwu, Ekombi, Osaro, the Bata dance, and Ikpirikpi-ogwu.
9 lut 2019 · Among the various traditional dance found in the Tiv clan of central Nigeria, the Swange dance is purposefully selected for this study to validate the relevance of Dalcroze to indigenous...
5 maj 2023 · Here’s a list of the most popular Nigerian dances that have accompanied hit tracks, taken their names from the titles of these songs, and gone on to become waves of their own, even after the songs’ popularity dwindled, being the dance to all the songs of the period in which they had existed.
The present paper is a discussion of the main overt functions, the form, and the recording and analysis of traditional Nigerian dance. It is based on my own observations of the role played by dance in traditional societies in Nigeria.
