Top 10 Best Traditional Dances in Africa - African Traditional Dances

Top 10 Best Traditional Dances in Africa Welcome to Displore and thanks for watching. In this video we shall be taking you on a tour around Africa and we shall be shining the light shine top 10 best traditional dances in Africa. African dance refers mainly to the dance of Sub-Saharan Africa, and more appropriately African dances because of the many cultural differences in musical and movement styles. These dances must be viewed in close connection with Sub-Saharan African music traditions and Bantu cultivation of rhythm. African dance utilizes the concept of as well as total body articulation. Dances teach social patterns and values and help people work, mature, praise or criticize members of the community while celebrating festivals and funerals, competing, reciting history, proverbs and poetry; and to encounter gods. African dances are largely participatory, with spectators being part of the performance. With the exception of some spiritual, religious or initiation dances, there are traditionally no barrier