Top 10 Best Traditional Dances In Cameroon
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Top 10 Best Traditional Dances
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Welcome to Displore and thanks for watching. In this video we shall be looking at the top 10 traditional dances in Cameroon. Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Music and dance are an integral part of Cameroonian ceremonies, festivals, social gatherings, and storytelling. A great part of the culture of Cameroon is also the traditional dances in the country as it is home to more than 200 different traditional dances. Dance is part of most ceremonies and rituals suchas births, weddings, funerals and festivals. Traditional dances are highly choreographed and some Cameroonian dances forbid men from partaking in such dances while other forbid women. The goals of dances range from pure entertainment to religious devotion.
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Musical accompaniment may be as simple as clapping hands and stomping feet, but traditional instruments include bells worn by dancers, clappers, talking drums, flutes, horns, rattles, scrapers, stringed instruments, whistles, and xylophones and the exact combination varies with ethnic group and region.Among some ethnic groups, professional dancers make their living performing dances at the appropriate ceremonies. With over 200 traditional dances in cameroon, here are the top 10 most popular ones….offcourse in no particular order.
10. Njang
Njang is a traditional dance with origins from the grass fields of the North West Region. It is commonly performed by indigenes of Babaki, Bafut, Meta, Mankon and many other tribes in the North West region. This dance is performed by both men and women as the men mostly play the instruments while the women dance. The dance involves gentle movements of the body with slow and calculated movements of the hands and feet. It is popularly performed at funerals and big celebrations such as festivals. The most interesting part of this dance are the very dramatic costumes used for the performance which vary from tribe to tribe and even from one occasion to another.
9. Ambasse Bey
Ambasse Bey or ambas-i-bay is originally from Douala since the 1930s.The music is based on commonly available instruments, especially guitar, with percussion provided by sticks and bottles. The music is fast-paced than the assiko. Its rhythm is described as the one of a moving broom where dancers swing their shoulders like the wings of birds, the dance is composed of sequences of fluid steps and jerky body movements performed in accordance with the music, which is generally the makossa. In order to perform this dance, the dancers must wear traditional sawa outfits. Ambasse bey originated among the Yabassi ethnic group and became very popular in Douala after World War II. Through the 1950s and 1960s, the style evolved in the Cameroonian Littoral region and by the mid-1960s, Eboa Lotin performed a style of ambasse bey on harmonica and guitar that was the earliest form of makossa, a style that quickly came to overshadow its predecessor and become Cameroon's most popular form of indigenous music. Ambasse bey was revived to an extent by Cameroonian singer Sallé John. Instruments include drum kit, vocals, horns, accordions, congas, bongos etc. it is derived from Makossa.
8. Mangambeu
The mangambeu is a traditional music and dance from Cameroon originating from around Bangangté in the western region of cameroon as it is a traditional Bamileke dance. The dancers move in small steps, wiggling their legs and sometimes with their torsos leaning forward. The music is played by Xylophones and traditional percussion by men and danced by men and women.The mangambeu was born in the early 1950s in Vendja-Bagangté in the Ndé department at the initiative of a group of young people. Indeed, on the occasion of the notable Mafeun Biatat's death vigil, this group of young people danced the Netchaa to the rhythm of the tam-tam.The mangambeu is generally used to animate various ceremonies and festive occasions, ceremony celebrating a birth or a marriage for example.
7. Bottle Dance
Bottle dance is a very popular and social traditional dance from the north west region of Cameroon. It started as a way for families to celebrate at home during happy occasions when everything is calm and steady. The main instruments used include ordinated hand claps, a simple bottle and s
Welcome to Displore and thanks for watching. In this video we shall be looking at the top 10 traditional dances in Cameroon. Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Music and dance are an integral part of Cameroonian ceremonies, festivals, social gatherings, and storytelling. A great part of the culture of Cameroon is also the traditional dances in the country as it is home to more than 200 different traditional dances. Dance is part of most ceremonies and rituals suchas births, weddings, funerals and festivals. Traditional dances are highly choreographed and some Cameroonian dances forbid men from partaking in such dances while other forbid women. The goals of dances range from pure entertainment to religious devotion.
If you are new here, welcome, be sure to subscribe and turn on notifications so you don’t miss any of our videos.
Musical accompaniment may be as simple as clapping hands and stomping feet, but traditional instruments include bells worn by dancers, clappers, talking drums, flutes, horns, rattles, scrapers, stringed instruments, whistles, and xylophones and the exact combination varies with ethnic group and region.Among some ethnic groups, professional dancers make their living performing dances at the appropriate ceremonies. With over 200 traditional dances in cameroon, here are the top 10 most popular ones….offcourse in no particular order.
10. Njang
Njang is a traditional dance with origins from the grass fields of the North West Region. It is commonly performed by indigenes of Babaki, Bafut, Meta, Mankon and many other tribes in the North West region. This dance is performed by both men and women as the men mostly play the instruments while the women dance. The dance involves gentle movements of the body with slow and calculated movements of the hands and feet. It is popularly performed at funerals and big celebrations such as festivals. The most interesting part of this dance are the very dramatic costumes used for the performance which vary from tribe to tribe and even from one occasion to another.
9. Ambasse Bey
Ambasse Bey or ambas-i-bay is originally from Douala since the 1930s.The music is based on commonly available instruments, especially guitar, with percussion provided by sticks and bottles. The music is fast-paced than the assiko. Its rhythm is described as the one of a moving broom where dancers swing their shoulders like the wings of birds, the dance is composed of sequences of fluid steps and jerky body movements performed in accordance with the music, which is generally the makossa. In order to perform this dance, the dancers must wear traditional sawa outfits. Ambasse bey originated among the Yabassi ethnic group and became very popular in Douala after World War II. Through the 1950s and 1960s, the style evolved in the Cameroonian Littoral region and by the mid-1960s, Eboa Lotin performed a style of ambasse bey on harmonica and guitar that was the earliest form of makossa, a style that quickly came to overshadow its predecessor and become Cameroon's most popular form of indigenous music. Ambasse bey was revived to an extent by Cameroonian singer Sallé John. Instruments include drum kit, vocals, horns, accordions, congas, bongos etc. it is derived from Makossa.
8. Mangambeu
The mangambeu is a traditional music and dance from Cameroon originating from around Bangangté in the western region of cameroon as it is a traditional Bamileke dance. The dancers move in small steps, wiggling their legs and sometimes with their torsos leaning forward. The music is played by Xylophones and traditional percussion by men and danced by men and women.The mangambeu was born in the early 1950s in Vendja-Bagangté in the Ndé department at the initiative of a group of young people. Indeed, on the occasion of the notable Mafeun Biatat's death vigil, this group of young people danced the Netchaa to the rhythm of the tam-tam.The mangambeu is generally used to animate various ceremonies and festive occasions, ceremony celebrating a birth or a marriage for example.
7. Bottle Dance
Bottle dance is a very popular and social traditional dance from the north west region of Cameroon. It started as a way for families to celebrate at home during happy occasions when everything is calm and steady. The main instruments used include ordinated hand claps, a simple bottle and s
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