EDO STATE CULTURAL DANCE-EGBABONELIMWIN
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Who are you to tell someone about how to view it unless you are knowledgeable about the tradition. This is an African exhibit of spirit at its height, and you come on here using fowl; words like whore. This has nothing to do with tricking, Parkour or any other Johny-Come-Lately practice. Nor is it done purely for its own sake.
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My research is into African martial artforms. All the above, and more, I have researched for many years now. You forgot Damye/Ladja, to name but 1 other, but yes, this iscorrect.
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@shango1963 Knockin N Kickin, Jailhouse Rock, 52 Blocks, Riesy/Testa,the African-American style of boxing (bareknuckle and with gloves),the African style of wrestling (inclusive of acrobatics) Capoeira and its variants from Brazil to the Caribbean, and many other martial arts including "slap-boxing" in the hoods of the USA have a much deeper and more comprehensive history meaning and application than almost anyone knows. The authenticity of some arts are disputed. The REALITY of them are not.
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Absolutely magnificent! Beautiful wondrous and rhythmic
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Tricking or not, its just a beautiful movement. Same thing as parkour / freerunning, dont be a little whore and argue about a specific movement being one or the other just enjoy it for what it is. Expression through movement.
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This is not tricking. Nothing more to say to that.
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Last, this is NOT TRICKING!
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...Central Africa and elsewhere on the African continent (African-Americans have/had Knockin' 'n Kickin', an Engolo variant in the U.S.).
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...to thwart any positive affirmations Africans/other nonwhites have regarding their cultural practices and histories...That is the point of the rebuttals you are encountering. And, for the record, Capoeira is not merely influenced by African practices, it's an African artform in transmitted to the Western Hemisphere. The core acrobatics and martial techniques can befound, still, in...
need tutorial :D
yahyush 10 months ago 7
Nothing about this video is fake, you should visit the Esan folks of Edo state Nigeria to see it live and be convinced.
martinswar 6 months ago 5