Traditional Jola dancing. Video 1. July 2006

This video shows traditional Jola body patting and dances by girls from Mlomp, Casamance region, Southern Senegal. It was recorded at The Akonting Center for Senegambian folkmusic, Mandinari, Gambia July 2006

Category:

Music

Tags:

• West
• African
• Traditional
• Dances

[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

[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.

[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!

[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.

[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.....

[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?

[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.

[abielove]

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