Agbekor : History and Contemporary Performance Legends of Origin : Agbekor is a style of dance by the West African peoples of Ewe and Foh. It is an ancient dance once known as Atamga‚ Ga meaning ’great’‚ Atam meaning ’oath’. The word agbekor is a compound of two short words: agbe (“life”) and kor (“clear”). The professional performer Midao Gideon foli alorwoyie translets agbekor as “clear life”. Agbekor were inspired by the hunters’ observations of monkeys in the forest.
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Many authors use certain details to enforce the theme and keep the story going. In There will Come Soft Rains‚ Bradbury is very descriptive in his use of words. He forces specific information into the story to make his theme more visible. Bradbury uses certain times and sorrowful events to ensure the theme of the story. Some authors‚ use time and dates to rapidly move their story along. This information helps to show that even in a post-apocalyptic time‚ the world will still go on. Even after a bomb
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new day the next day so just restart and who knows what will happen Both stories say that no one will know of any of the wars that were fought on the earth because no one will care. Evidence Thesis: both the poem “thereeeee will come soft rains” are created for separate purposes but are similar to each other as well. In both the story and the poem thereeeee are lots of motifs that can be similar and can be different. Essay outline COMPARATIVE ESSAY OUTLINE TEMPLATE INTRODUCTION
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different types of dances but did you ever hear of the West African dance form? If you haven’t then we will tell you about‚ if you have then you will learn more about it. 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
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West African Dance West African Dance originated in the region known as West Africa which consists of 18 countries; including Niger‚ Senegal‚ Sierra Leone and Nigeria. Stereotypes of African dancing were created in Europe and the Americas that even most westernized Africans began to accept‚ but the history of African dance dates back more than 3‚000 years ago. Scholars have found drawings of people dancing on the walls of rocks in countries like Algeria and Egypt. This shows how important dancing
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Sports Rituals Athletes use sports rituals in every sport in the world. They can be simple‚ something the person came up with just then on the spot‚ or they can be complex‚ something the player has been doing since they can remember. No one truly knows when sports rituals started to make an appearance in the modern world‚ but they are here now and do not seem to be leaving any time soon. Sports rituals mean so much. They get an athlete pumped or excited before a match. They help a person get focused
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has access and influence of spirits‚ typically a man. During rituals he enters a trans like state and practices divination and healing. Shamans think that everything is connected‚ and spirits can cause an event like illness or disease. In this paper I will examine how shamanism is performed with ritual acts. I will look at how ritual acts such as trances effect the healing of individuals‚ community‚ and spirits. Shaman preform rituals to heal individuals in the community or bring good wealth to
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My second outside event is based on an African dance show that I attended with a few girls on my soccer team. I had decided to go because my professor from my dance class had recommended it. At first I really did not want to go. I thought it was going to be boring and a waste of time. On the other hand my friend Cali from dance class kept begging me to go with her. She would not stop telling me how much fun she thought it would be. Eventually I gave in and over time I actually got a little excited
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Rain of Gold and A Better Life Major Themes In two similarly heart wrenching tales of struggle and perseverance‚ the novel Rain of Gold and the film A Better Life put on display the stories of two families working hard to stay together and make their living. Themes such as family‚ hard work‚ and discrimination are common to both stories in which the ideas of love and hardship are closely examined. Through the exploration of these major ideas‚ two beautiful stories emerge to explain the power
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“If you live in the elite world of dance‚ you find yourself in a world rife with racism. Let ’s face it.” –Alvin Ailey. Alvin Ailey was an African American dancer and choreographer‚ born in 1931 in Rogers‚ Texas. Ailey was responsible for creating one of the most popular dance companies of the twentieth century‚ known as the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre. The forming of this company began due to Ailey’s life long passion for dance‚ and his dream to give African American dancers the opportunity
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