Kumina Dance- Marissa

[labagap]

Great for My research thank you.

[shariifba]

Kumina is from the buger pulaar from mali not ghana and the dance resemble many dance done in north africa

[Xaymaicana]

@shariifba NOPE! it's from central africa.

[junglebeatbill]

The commentator says these are "Maroons" but that doesn't make sense because this is Kumina music, not Kromanti Play Maroon music. Good footage though.

[borborfantse]

i am from ghana and i learnt this dance in college in upstate. The dance has similarities to some Ghanaian dances from the Eastern region.

[PUPOSQUEST]

yes it is similiar because majority of the slaves who came to jamaica were from the Ashanti tribe in ghana.

[Xaymaicana]

@PUPOSQUEST nope. kumina is congolese.

there is even a city names kumina in DRC.

[arawakalina971]

What is the name of this ghanaian dance?

[blackarawak83]

@arawakalina971 this dance isn't a maroon dance at all. It belongs yo the thousands indentured labourers who came to Jamaica after the East Indians in the late 19th century. They came from the Congo-Angola regions

[arawakalina971]

@blackarawak83 Thanks.



[Xaymaicana]

@blackarawak83 lol do you know what a Maroon is?

[blackarawak83]

@Xaymaicana I know that the JA Maroon traditions originated from Ghana(the Akans Obeah and Myal)whereas the Kumina didn't originate in that region but in central Africa. Over time there would have been a syncretysm ot the two traditions.

[Xaymaicana]

@blackarawak83 exactly we are a mix of central and west african tribes. naturally as you've mentioned the two regions influenced each other and formed a new culture.

[Lorenzoejr]

ahhhhhhhhhh! I love it. Thank you for posting this video.

[SuperConejo]

can you please put more vids = ) this is great and very rare material, thanks alot for putting these two up! very apriciated.