Asante Akwasidae Pt. 11 Traditional Dance

Sunday 4 October 2009

A young man from the National Arts Centre in Kumase performs a traditional dance. It is the retelling of state formation, migration, war, & victory all told symbolically with hand gestures, body positioning, foot movement, & facial expressions.

The dance is performed passionately but lacks the elegance one would find when performed by a royal or one who is a court dancer.

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[AkweiHeights]

I love it when he does the 'DONT YOU DARE TOUCH MY MONEY' bit loool ..

Gotta love my Ghanaians !

[phonmusicart]

The man dancing at the beginning reminds me of our people in chicago, who does the footwork. It amazing to see the correlation between all African people on the planet! Peace

[192jerr]

Just beautiful.....I had to get my wife away from the screen..she telling me what she was gonna do to that dancer...ok you get him.....and I get 12 of hers !

[ckcato97]

@phonmusicart Chitown All Day!!!!

[shango1963]

i'm african-american and proud to be african ...our anestrally beautiful traditions are alive and well...we of the 400 years african diaspora should patronize our ancestral african traditions!

[accraboi]

"FA ME SIKA MA ME!!"

[monawaa]

nice video except ppl kept cutting infront

[monawaa]

nice video except ppl kept cutting infront

[PREKESEGhanaMedia]

Impressive cultural exposition. Proud to be an African.

[elegance212]

@AkweiHeights hahah you are so right that part was funny!