What is Kete dance according to Kwabena Nketia?
J.H. Kwabena Nketia states that the surrogated texts extol high moral values through the telling of heroic ideals. A kete dance developed that involves symbolic hand gestures reflecting these values. It is danced barefoot and trained male dancers dance with their lapa cloth lowered beneath the chest.
What are the instruments of Kete?
The instruments of kete are, from left to right in figure 2, the petia (small stick drum), kwadum (master drum), apentema (hand drum), and abrukua (stick drum).
What is the origin of the Kete drum?
Kete is an Akan drum ensemble, the origin of which is unknown. Many kete ensembles exist in the Akan regions of Ghana and play at funerals. The Asantehene’s ensemble plays at ancestor venerations and formerly played at executions.
What is the significance of the Akan Kete ensemble?
Many kete ensembles exist in the Akan regions of Ghana and play at funerals. The Asantehene’s ensemble plays at ancestor venerations and formerly played at executions. They were also taken to war. Baama Owusu Sekyere indicates that earlier Asantehenes had them played in the royal mausoleum while they inspected the royal skeletons.
How did the Kete dance came about?
Kete is a dance of Kete-Krachi tribe by hunters and later polish by Ashantis for their own use as part of their tradition and Adowa dance is based on Myth. A movement of antelope an animal amazement jumping and making very strange movements formed the dance.
What is the dance of Ashanti?
The Adowa dance was originally performed by the Ashantis during funerals and festivals but due to modernity and cross-cultural adaptation, it can be performed by all ethnic groups in Ghana and even outside Ghana.
What is the name of Asante dance?
Adowa: Adowa is by far the most widespread and frequently performed social dance of the Akan people of Ghana. The Akan are located in Ashanti, Brong Ahafo, Eastern, Central and parts of the Volta Regions of Ghana. It is best described in Akan musical traditions as a women's dance because they dominate the performance.
How do you perform Apatampa?
Performance. The dance start with the individual making a beat by hitting both tights with both hands twice and clapping the hands on the third beat. Then after, beats the chest twice to make the fourth and fifth beat. This is being done with a smile and cheerful face while moving.
How is Kpanlogo performed?
The kpanlogo dance is often performed low to the ground, with bent knees and bent back, and frequently features sexually suggestive motions. Accounts of police seizing musical instruments and detaining performers in its early days have been documented.
What is bugaku dance?
Bugaku is a traditional Japanese court dance that has been performed to select elites mostly in Japanese imperial courts for over twelve hundred years. The dancers wear intricate traditional Buddhist costumes, which usually include equally beautiful masks.
What is the costume for Apatampa?
Again, one dress in an African cloth with additional cloths packed in the cloth tied around their waist and a scarf as called 'duku' in thier local dilect ,tied on their head, with beads dancing around their necks, arms, wrist, ankles and calves, which is for the women.
What is Bamaaya?
Bamaya is one of the popular and most commonly performed dance during public events and functions in the Northern Region. 'Bamaya' is a Dagbani word which literally means ''the river or valley is wet''. This dance is mostly done by men who are dressed in feminine outfits.
Who invented the Kpanlogo dance?
Otoo LincolnThe Kpanlogo dance was invented by Otoo Lincoln. He was told an Ansee folk story by his Grandfather.
How is Adowa dance performed?
The dancers use a symbolic language, the different movements of their hands telling their own story. This body language is accentuated by the use of a white linen cloth, which they hold in their hand. The short dance steps are very subtle, drawing attention to the upper part of the body.
What is bugaku dance?
Bugaku is a traditional Japanese court dance that has been performed to select elites mostly in Japanese imperial courts for over twelve hundred years. The dancers wear intricate traditional Buddhist costumes, which usually include equally beautiful masks.
What is the dance of the Dagombas?
Takai is a royal dance of the Dagbamba chiefs and princes. It is performed on festive occasions such as the annual Damba festival, political rallies, and durbar of chiefs.
Which festival does the Ashanti celebrate?
The Akwasidae FestivalThe Akwasidae Festival (alternate, Akwasiadae) is celebrated by the Ashanti people and chiefs in Ashanti, as well as the Ashanti diaspora. The festival is celebrated on a Sunday, once every six weeks.
Kete Ensemble from Ghana
The kete drum and bell ensemble is associated with the traditional chiefs of the Akan peoples of southern Ghana. The ownership of the kete ensemble is the domain of the Akan chieftains and performance of the ensemble is allowed only with permission of a chief.
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Title: Kete recording session, Cape Coast, May 1993; students from the University of Cape Coast Music department. Label: Vetter Field Recording. Format: DAT. Catalog#: DT-15. Track: 2.
