Traditional Jola dancing. Video 1. July 2006

[shmeeshmoo39]

I loved watching this. It is so amazing to see these young girls finding something that they love to do. With every other negative thing going on around them, they still look so happy. I want to go and be able to experience their culture someday.

[cavaleer]

Haha, that's cute. Good for the kids.

[paapakobe]

I LOVE IT, Thank U

[paapakobe]

I LOVE IT, Thanks Ulf!!!! what is the instrument playing in te background a one point?

[abielove]

omg so funy i use to do this back i miss africa so much........lol

[Dolle123123]

Cool! :D

my birth is on 1 July! :D

[FEMIADIDEUS1]

j'ai vu cette video un bon nombres de mais je ne m'en lasse pas!!!cela demontre une fois de plus l'immensité culturelle musicale africaine .DIEU BENNISSE L'AFRIQUE!!!

[EarthaKit2]

The body slapping is like the dancing of the Pacific Rim Peoples. It's an art form and fun, plus the music is the voice. Good voices.Seems these girls are learning tradition.

Well done! Well done!

[Jedazinsky]

Oh great, we, the Europeans have Mozart, Beethoven, Leonardo da Vincia and Michelangelo and Africans have Jola dancing!

[LockettUCLA]

If that is intended to be an insult towards Africans, maybe you should stop and remember that anything and everything that the "Europeans" have is and has not been earned but stolen from from someone or somewhere else! Shall I give you a history lesson in Colonization?! It's quite amazing how you feel your music is better than another's cultural music. Every race from around the world expresses their culture is their own way. So before you knock another culture, try losing the ignorance.

[LockettUCLA]

"Every race from around the world expresses their culture "in" their own way."

[Jedazinsky]

It's not ignorance, it's my natural law to believe and to know that European culture is more valuable than the so-called African "culture".

[LockettUCLA]

"More valuable" according to who? Oppressed people are just trying to live their lives in spite of the wrongness that was/is committed against them. Individuals like yourself reminds everyone of all the African women, men, and children that were beaten, raped, killed, kidnapped, sold into slavery, and their beautiful land stolen from them by "GREEDY EUROPEANS". This history will never be forgotten and the hate will live on because of ignorance.

[Jedazinsky]

Speaking about "the ultimate evil of the white man" will only bring us more ghetto gangsters, nothing more.

[LockettUCLA]

You make no sense and sound so ignorant that it's almost comical BUT thank you, you said exactly what I didn't say and what you and so many already know. "The ultimate evil of the white man" that will have to answer to a higher power on judgment day. NOTHING MORE.

[JeloRoc]

there's no use in fighting it...that's the new tricknology...if we notice racism in anything then we must be the real racists for even noticing it. Racist whites (to differentiate from the many whites past & present who were/are not racist) want us to forget overnight what has been going on for the past few hundred years just because legally & socially things are different now as if there would be no catching up to do like BAM we let you be "equal" now so the last 300 years doesn't count!

[Fadinntomtom]

I lived in Africa for seven years and the "Africans understand that it was their own that captured and sold them. Their own meaning African not individuals ethnicities. They are not angry anymore in the majority and I think you should not be either. Besides you being here in the west laying down your money funding the econimies that continue to rape Africa leaves hating yourself. You can't forget that history either....... Good luck in your path to enlightenment.... Blessed Days...

[JeloRoc]

I'm tired of people bringing up the fact that Africans sold other Africans into slavery so that makes 'everything alright' argument. this is an important fact of history that should not be ignored but we should also put things into perspective...the concept of African slavery was worlds apart form the European concept. Learn history before you try to equate the two. African slavery traditionally was more akin to indentured servitude still not a great life but far from being just 'property'.

[JeloRoc]

Yeah, I've lived in Africa too. Senegal, and although most of them want peace between all races they still recognize that it was the French, Portuguese & British that did the most damage through slavery & colonialism and not their own. Besides what I said in the other post about the African system of slavery compared to the European system you also have to take into account the difference in sheer numbers of people taken into slavery by the Europeans compared to the African.

[Fadinntomtom]

I do belive that the cultures that don't destroy the planet that feeds us or give respect to our natrual order is more valuable to all man kind.....

[v3rses]

@Jedazinsky so by natural law you mean natural ignorance right?

[SuleDrum]

@LockettUCLA Did you get insulted 'cause he said "Sambos"? Among the Jola, "Sambo" is the same as "Smith" or "Jones" or "Jackson" or "Jefferson" or "Washington"...it's a very common name that, we believe, is the origin of "Litttle Black Sambo" and the rest.....

[ebraco30]

Looks like this is where I came from...The Gambia and Senegal area of West Africa (hardest hit by slavery back in history). God will perhaps bring forth hisory makers from this region to salvage Africa. Africans,we'll prevail!

[UlfJagfors]

Arne

Casumai kep. Hope you have seen all other information we have on the Jola great influencies on the world music of to day. Every day we hear on the radio music that bear traces from all Sambos that were brought over to the New World by force 250 years ago. Ulf

[jack3finger]

@UlfJagfors black people all over the world are a very musical people,

by watching this group of young girls in such simple settings, you can see where

it all comes from.

[ArneKrueger]

My Casamance Wife and me , german, enjoyed your happy dancing children! Thanks for The Fun! Greet them, say casumai!

[Choryt]

Wow. The dance closely resembles those from Australian Aborigines! That's what the dancers did while another Aborigine was playing the didgeridoo!

[5Bluenilehoney]

look like "Ham bone, Ham bone"

[bellechic37]

on this video i see step dancing, walk it out, dutty winding,crunk dancing and even some beyonce moves. And i know these kids don't be watching BET.lol.i love my motherland

[wolf1951]

great dance video, so much fun by the simplest of means

[Azizip17]

I meant to say that some Black Greek letter university fraternity and sorority steppin/party walks also include body pattin. Question-was that a kora that the musician was playing? Thanks again for sharing this video with the world!

[vpwillnw]

The instrument looked like an akonting.

[Azizip17]

Thanks for posting this video! In addition to pattin juba, this video reminded me of the individual handclapping, body patting, and foot stomping movements that African American girls-around 6-12 year old-do while reciting cheers. The video also reminded me of Black Greek letter university fraternities & sororities steppin and party walks.