Atilogu / Atilogwu Dancers

Atilogu/Atilogwu Dancers as filmed by famous Cream drummer Ginger Baker & crew at Ikoyi, Lagos-Nigeria, 1971

The Atilogu dance is perhaps the most intense African cultural dance form performed as a group.

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• Atilogu
• Atilogwu
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• Ibo
• Igbo
• Ndigbo
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• Nigeria
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[MrPoker1000]

This is atilogwu dance, but this guys are so awkward and didnt have good rhythm and acrobatics which is the hallmark of Nkpokiti dance epitomised by the group from Umunze Aguata

[zookat]

Thank you. They might have been amateurs still learning the dance. "Gotta crawl before you could walk?" I am sure better dancers could have been found in more rural setting and these could have been city dancers just assembled for the camera, or dancers from different troupes. But the guy leading them and blowing the whistle and the instrument players were pretty good though?

[caddle20]

This is not Atilogwu dance.

This music sound different from what the guys are dancing to.This is a Yoruba music.

I danced Atilogwu in Nigeria and this not Atilogwu at all.

[zookat]

Okay smartie... get a video-cam, perform the REAL /AUTHENTIC Atilogwu dance and post it for the world to see!

Fair enough? (-;

[ikennac]

owu otu anyi le gi emegha. jisike ummunna. Att: Zookat. thanks for posting this video, reminds me of my primary school days back in Ikenegbu primary school, owerri.

lovely one

Ikenna

[zookat]

Ikenna:

My pleasure & thanks for the thanks!

[chiedu1000]

OMENANI NDI IGBO GADI. IGBO KWENU......

CHUKWU IGBO ANY ETINYE OMENANI ANYI NAKA UKWU GI, EKWENA KA OMENANI NDI IGBO FUE. ANYI TUKWASIRI GI OBI. NNA ANYI, EKWENA KA NKPURU OBI NDI IGBO NWUA. IGBO NINE KWENU. ISEEE!

[blaquecherry419]

@caddle20 r u serious? if ur a nigerian..u shud knw that this is igbo/ibo... just coz they performed in lagos doesnt make it yoruba..cant u hear the instrumentals? the gong and the flute..dats not how yoruba sounds and yoruba use the talkin drum..do u even hear the talkin drum in the background? no.

[bokusogu]

This is not Atilogwu. It is not the stirring music and dance as performed by Mater Dei Grammar School, Ashaka in the Bendel State.

[YorubaON2]

@caddle20 This is not Yoruba music at all. Yoruba's don't use the flute sound instrument in their traditional music. The music sounds more igbo for sure, but I can't say if the dance is Atilogu or not. I was expecting to see acrobatics and somersaults from what I recollect of Atilogu dancing.

YorubaON2

[Emeka7777]

I agree this is not Atilogu dance. Though the beating resemembled it

[slajaa]

@zookat hahahahah Smartie

[omeihe1]

Atilogwu traditional dance is from Ezezagu (especially Iwollo people but actually entire Ezeagu) in present Enugu State

[enameltgirl226]

atilogwu is a really fast type of dance, my school did it once and it was awesome, i dont know what typr of dance this is.......