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Dances of West India

This document provides an overview of African and African diasporic dances. It includes: 1) A map showing the origins of enslaved peoples in West Africa, including groups from Kongo, Akan, Fon, Yoruba, and Carabali regions. 2) Descriptions of some religious and ritual dances from various African cultures that influenced dances in Cuba, Haiti, and Brazil such as Arara, Congo, Vodou, Santeria, and Candomble. 3) Mentions of dances that developed on plantations in the Americas such as calenda, juba, ring shout, and those tied to holidays and events. 4) Notes on the

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Dances of West India

This document provides an overview of African and African diasporic dances. It includes: 1) A map showing the origins of enslaved peoples in West Africa, including groups from Kongo, Akan, Fon, Yoruba, and Carabali regions. 2) Descriptions of some religious and ritual dances from various African cultures that influenced dances in Cuba, Haiti, and Brazil such as Arara, Congo, Vodou, Santeria, and Candomble. 3) Mentions of dances that developed on plantations in the Americas such as calenda, juba, ring shout, and those tied to holidays and events. 4) Notes on the

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Digging the cane holes - Island of Antigua,

1823
West Africa

Kongo
Akan
Fon
Carabali Yoruba

• Warriors/ • Obeah
Hunters • Myal
• Juego De Mani • Orishas/
• Arará/Vodunes
Orixas •
• Masks Vaodoux/Lwas
• Batá/ • Dahomeans
• Ñáñigo/Íreme
• Abakuá/Brikamo
Atabaque
• Secret Society
Lynne Fauley Emery, “Black Dance from
1619 to Today”
“ The religion of western Africa… had three primary charachteristics:

• “ The religion was a part of the daily routine of life and not something
to be attended to on Sunday and forgotten the reminder of the
week.”
• “Religious practice included much ritual… strictly set/improvised.”
• “This ritual was primarily carried out through song and dance…”
Lyle Saxon, “Faulous New Orleans”, 11/04/1817: “I withessed a negro
dance. Their postures and movements somewhat resembled those of
monkeys. One might, with a little imagination, take them for a group of
baboons.”

IBE
• Dull & Stupid
C R the more white
• Unpleasant
ES
• Disgusting
D
•
• TO
Violent
Irregular the easier to describe

OT • Brutally savage
N •
•
Grotesque
Madness the more acceptable
• Frenzy
• Furious
G.W.Cable, “Dance in Place Congo”
• “ … a dance not so much of legs and feet as of the upper half of the
body, a sensual, devilish thing tolerated only by Latin-American
masters…”
Dissimulation
Catholic Church Protestant Church

• Santería (Cabildos) • Worksongs


• Vodoux • Gospels / Spirituals
• Candomblé (Terreiros) • Blues
• Jazz
Selected African American
Religions
Haiti Vodou (Rada, Congo, Petwo)
Cuba Santeria (Arará, Vodú, Yoruba, Palo, Abakuá)
Bahia Candomblé (Jêje, Nago/Ketu, Angola)
Vodoo / Hodoo

Santeria (Cuba)
Zépòl
Yanvalou
Rada (Arara) Mayí
Cho
Vaudoux (Haiti) Congo Mazon
Payet
Petwo (Petro) Banda
Zarenyen
Obeah (Jamaica) Gran Cou
Selected African American Dances in Cuba
AFRICAN CUBA

Kongo-Angola Arara Carabali Yoruba

Yuca, Makuta, Arará ritual dancers: Abakuá, Bríkamo Oricha ritual Son, Rumba,
Conga (comparsa), Jurajó, Kutotó, dancers: Danzón, Chachachá,
Juego de maní, Palo Dalluá, Gebioso, Elegba/Exú, Ogún, Mambo, Mambo,
ritual dancers: Argüe, Mase Oshosi, Yemayá, Danza
Lucero, Sarabanda, (Masen), Ajuanjun, Obatalá, Babaluayé, contemporánea,
Pata Llaga, Tiembla Afrequete Changó, Ochún, Oyá Timba, Hip-hop
Tierra, Brazo Fuerte, (Frerequete), Ojún cubano
Ensasi (Siete Rayos), Degara, etc.
Ndoqui (Centella
Ndoqui) Madre de
Agua, Shola
Anguenmue, etc.
Code Noir
1724

intermarriage
concubinage
Whites Gens De Blacks
Coleur
European Influence

• Contradanza / Country Dance / Contredanse


• Square dance / Quadrille / Cardrille
• Cotillon / Cortillon
• Jigs, Pipes, Reels / Virginia Reels
• Menuette, Polka, Waltz
• Zapateo, Caringa, Jota
La danse à Bougival, 1883, P.A.Renoir
Dance on the Plantations
• Holiday • Crop-over • Christmas
• Wedding • Shucking • Easter
• Funeral • Harvest • St. John Day
Carnivals

• Conga
• Merengue
• Batucada
• Mardi Gras
• John Canoe
• Jonkanoo
• Moco Jambo
Rituel slavefest på en sukkerplantage i Surinam - c.1707 (Dirk
Valkenburg)
Dance on the Plantations

Calenda/
Chica
Kalinda

Shouters / Ring Shout Juba / Jumba


Animalism

• Snake Hips
• Buzzard Loop
• Mosquito Dance
• Fish Tail / Fish Bone
• Camel Walk
• Mobile Buck

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