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<!-- EDIT BELOW THIS LINE -- African Dance Majorly practiced in the African continent, the African dance is essentially culture rich type of dance that amalgamates diverse ethnic African culture, musical rhythms and body movement that are curtailed to communicate particular aspects. They therefore speak volumes about African practices and belief. Thus it is obvious that one can easily learn more about the history of Africans just from their dances

Characteristics Characteristic Considered to form part and parcel of the whole living of Africans, the African dances have particular characteristics that make it stand out. The African dances are known to express their way of living as they tend to teach about the morals, societal beliefs, and practices. Most of the African dances were well organized and used so many customs to bring out the African look and equally create unique designs attires that the dancers put on. The soothing and appealing sounds of music that the dancers dance to are produced by a combination of traditional instruments such as horns, bells, drums, pebbles, sticks, guards, and xylophones. The appealing musical sound is produced by rubbing bracelets together Unlike other setups, the African dancers have to be well trained and master the art. The dancers are trained from childhood by their masters who ensures they become professional. The dancers are trained in a manner that their spirits are able to connect with the supernatural forces when they are dancing. Dressed in skins, raffia, beadwork, feathers, leaves, hair and masks, the dancers typically move their body to produce unique choreography that ranges from simple to quite sophisticated. They usually form great patterns as they use the earth as their stage, thus creating a lot of ecstasies Examples Le Coq Est Mort, Compagnie Jant-Bi, Germany/Senegal: This is a type of dance in which the dancer intensely dancing which then results to hoarse mourning. It is marked by The powerful intense drumming with the dancers making amazing movement with their body. Indumu in South: Was majorly used by the warriors in the ancient war times. The dancers and the warriors dressed in full regalia including the shields, ceremonial belts and spear. Incantation, Compagnie Danse Nyata-Nyata, Canada/Congo: Compagnie Danse Nyata Nyata was developed in 1986 by Zab Maboungou.Throughout the well-orchestrated movement, the dance moves clearly brings out the poetic aspect of the community. Other examples of dances include: Figninto, Compagnie Cie Salia ni Seydo, in Burkina Faso, Heritage, Compagnie Sylvain Zabli, Ivory Coast, Pour Antigone, Comagnie Mathilde Monnier in France/Burkina Faso/Mali and     Uma Historia Da Duvida, Compagnie Clara Andermatt in Cape Verde African Diaspora The African in diaspora for sure brought with them a lot of aspects regarding their dance styles that soon got amalgamated into the American set up. For instance, while working in the plantations, the Africans would dance to their secular songs while dressed in their Sunday Best dressed would dance and the best dance took the cake. The other well renown group was the Ring who were well known for their religious practices when dancing. These included rigorous body movements, rhythmic clapping of hands, and the stamping of feet as per the drum beats; practices that were believed to cause religious ecstasy and happiness. See also Africanism AFRICANISM Reference Bibliography Online Source Online source External links