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Funeral dance in Dogon country

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Uploaded by on Mar 20, 2007

This is the traditional funeral mask dance in Dogon country in the south of Mali.

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  • i beg your pardon caribean shit how can you say this.this mask dance and stilt walking originated in africa the tradition was passed on during slavery.the caribean was built on slavery. your ancestors came from africa.people from the caribean think they are better than everybody else.they taught us that are culture is bad are african culture is beautiful.

  • Check out the Garifuna people of the Americas and see how very simular they are. These people are the decendants of the Dogon tribe who are also the decendants of the Olmecs. Archeologist are currently teaching their students that there are no correlation between the two which is blasphemous in my opinion but the facts are the facts. Let's work together to put the pieces back together. Thanks for this beautiful video.

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  • Why are people cursing all over this video...This type of dance is also seen everywhere else in Black Africa...What the big deal...?

  • @lordbalance1 carnival is african through and through...it has taken over in brazil and among the indians thanks to the african descendants in trinidad :)

  • somebody always got some shit to say bout who come from who and who done fucked who and shit like dat! damn im sick and tired of that kind of shit! why can't africans just be africans and whites just be there ol' rank ass selves so everybody can just shut the hell up bout some descendant shit, damn

  • if i'm not mistaken, the dogon people originated from egypt several thousands of years ago. some of the traditions they still upheld from around the time era and culture of king tutankhamen. there are so many african tribes that i may be mixing them up with another, but i believe it was the dogon. awesome to see historical preservation in action

    much thanks for sharing this

  • This video really help piece together the puzzel of

    our history. In Trinidad we have ppl dancing on stilts called

    moka jumbie. Also the costumes the dogon wear remind me

    of our masqueradas. Even the dances they are doing look similar

    to the fancy sailor dance. De ppl even knockin iron boy... lol... I wonder if

    my ancestors where from this region in Africa? Great video!!!

  • had to study this for a geography assignment ... this video was a GREAT help! very interesting :)

  • Truly incredible

  • excelent ;) ***********

  • Beautiful never colonized Black People...!

  • I dream of seeing them in person.

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