The dance has always been rooted among Africans, as it was used for ceremonies, rituals of food or daily tasks.
The dancing and singing are very important in the culture-specific dances are held: births, weddings, coronation of a new king, etc.
The dancers use a number of visuals highlighting gestures, masks, costumes, body paint. The movements are usually simple coordination of body parts. The dances are sometimes made between groups of two to three people, but also the dance team practiced in formations: line, circle, serpentine, among others.
Traditional music is known across the world for its sophisticated rhythms. The sets of drums and other instruments, play along several different rhythmic patterns and metrics that create complex structures polyrhythmic calls. It is also common in the music group has performed in leading voice and other voices answered him alternately. Besides accompany dances, work, ceremonies and royal processions, music is also used for communication, imitating speech.
In societies that maintain their traditional religion, music usually is linked as indivisible with social or religious dimension as a means of communication with the supernatural, using it in healing people, hunting domains daily in fishing or farming.
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