we have showed you incredible dances from Nigeria
amazing ones from Botswana
[Applause] even impossible ones from Cote d'Ivoire
plus seven amazing ones from all these countries but today our journey takes us to the small
but diverse country of Togo
now most of the traditional dances you are about to witness are basically performed by
the Ewe ethnic group of Ghana as this region was once part of Togo let's get started
[Music] number seven Agbadza [Music]
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The Ewe Ethnic group are grand masters of drum composition singing and most importantly
polyrhythm These would come to notice in this video as each of these dance steps are similar
but yet distinct the beautiful thing about this dance is the male dancer gets to choose
a female he wishes to dance with [Music] foreign [Music]
Number 6 Akpese Dance I know you seen this one among our top 10 traditional dances from
Ghana but as I said the Ewes of Ghana today were once spot of Togo so they have a lot
in common but unlike the Ewes of Ghana who call it Borborbor the Ewes of Togo call it
Akpese this is simply just a case of tomato-tomato rhythm of Akpese is incredibly enticing not
to mention the heavy ass waste winding job it entails [Music]
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The dance is mostly performed by women during festive and recreational recreational ocassions
number five Brekete dance two cults that seem to use music and dance as a catalyst for possession
in their ceremonies at the Brekete and Yeve cults [Music]
[Music] Brekete is actually the name of this drum this is a spiritual kind of drumming
and dancing used to communicate with priests and priestesses and in most cases to evoke
ancestral Spirits unless you've been given a special invite to partake in the drumming
and dancing session you should stand far away and watch you don't want to be caught up in
all these secret handshakes [Music]
number four Agbekor
Agbekor is a fast-paced and highly choreographed dance popular in Togo and Ewes in general
Atsiagbekor or agbekor is one of the oldest drum and dance stars in the airway canon of
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Agbekor is a narrative piece that weaves together drumming dancing singing and chanting to recount
the story of a small village that successfully defended off an attack
by a much larger Urban Army about 500 years ago and to Forever preserve the victory of the war
the traditional ruler at the time brought together the community's best artiste to compose Atsiagbekor
every rhythmic Theme played on the master drum has a corresponding sequence of dance movements
which is time to precisely match the rhythms of the draft
number three Adzifo dance [Music] [Music]
The Adzifo puberty ceremony of young girls in the Adangbe community in Togo is a practice
that has survived both spiritually and physically for a long time this incredible dance as simple
as it might be for these young maidens is way more complicated than it actually looks
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The Adangbe who are mostly living in Ghana
first migrated from Kush then to Nigeria
through Benin then to Togo and finally to Ghana
number two Tamberma traditional dance
people whose remarkable Earth Tower house is called Takienta have become a symbol of Togo
and so is the iconic Tamberma dance
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an unusual practice about this dance is the use of hats decorated with Antelope horns used by females
which makes them look more courageous than the animal fur used by the men
now I am no expert of Togolese culture but I think these are something to do with reverse gender roles
what do you think
number one Kinka [
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Kinka rhythm is one of the finest you would ever hear in Africa Kinka is a very popular dance Togo with a beautiful Rhythm
not to mention its simple gentle and beautiful dance steps
it is characterized by themes reflective of the youthful incarnations for a more liberal lifestyle common among young people
this dance routine is mostly performed with another dance style known as Gahu
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