There is so much to be interested in when it comes to Africa but one thing that I find really interesting, is there dances. Some of the dances that are really cool are Kpanlogo, Zulu, and Indlamu. They all express different things. For example Indlamu dancing is mostly associated with Zulu culture. Zulu and Indlamu are pretty similar. Those styles represent the Zulu warrior class. People usually wear zegalia, headpieces, belts, they even have swords and shields. Now, most people dance with the common Kpanlogo. Kpanlogo consists of regular common African dance moves. It started in Accra, which is a capital city but now it is dance and loved all of the country. Most of African dancing is played with an amazing line of drums. Bongos, jembes, there are all sorts of different drums. Most beats in anything you can trace back to the rhythms. Drum beats can be broken into polyrhythms. Something that is really cool about the African dance style is that they dance to the polyrhythm beats. I have had so much fun researching the dances and music of Africa. Have you ever seen an ethnic dance?
24 March, 2017
Dancing to the Drums.
There is so much to be interested in when it comes to Africa but one thing that I find really interesting, is there dances. Some of the dances that are really cool are Kpanlogo, Zulu, and Indlamu. They all express different things. For example Indlamu dancing is mostly associated with Zulu culture. Zulu and Indlamu are pretty similar. Those styles represent the Zulu warrior class. People usually wear zegalia, headpieces, belts, they even have swords and shields. Now, most people dance with the common Kpanlogo. Kpanlogo consists of regular common African dance moves. It started in Accra, which is a capital city but now it is dance and loved all of the country. Most of African dancing is played with an amazing line of drums. Bongos, jembes, there are all sorts of different drums. Most beats in anything you can trace back to the rhythms. Drum beats can be broken into polyrhythms. Something that is really cool about the African dance style is that they dance to the polyrhythm beats. I have had so much fun researching the dances and music of Africa. Have you ever seen an ethnic dance?
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I really enjoyed reading your article. I can tell you researched this and possibly had some prior information. The dances sound very fun and they would get someone in a good mood easily. I love how you ended in a question too. good job. (:
ReplyDeleteNo, I've never seen an ethnic dance, but I really liked how you explained what the dances expressed and what they wore. I also enjoyed how you explained what kind of drums they used and what beats they did. This was a very good post and I learned a lot about dancing and drums in Africa.
ReplyDeleteThis was such an interesting post...well done!
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