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Agbadza is an Ewe music and dance that evolved from the times of war into a very popular recreational dance. [1] It came from a very old war dance called Atrikpui and usually performed by the Ewe people of the Volta Region of Ghana, particularly during the Hogbetsotso Festival, a celebration by the Anlo Ewe people. In addition, it is also ...
It was considered a clumsy rustic dance copied from the natives of Bergamo, reputed, according to the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, to be very awkward in their manners. [ 2 ] The dance is associated with clowns or buffoonery , as is the area of Bergamo, it having lent its dialect to the Italian buffoons.
Agbekor (agbekɔ) is a type of music and a style of dance by the West African peoples of Ewe and Fon. It is an ancient dance once known as Atamga, Ga meaning 'great', Atam meaning 'oath'. It is now performed by the people of Dzogadze, a farming community near Akatsi in the Southern part of the Volta Region of Ghana.
Judged me to die to lead the dance. Then on the cross hanged I was, Where a spear my heart did glance; There issued forth both water and blood, To call my true love to my dance. Then down to hell I took my way For my true love's deliverance, And rose again on the third day, Up to my true love and the dance. Then up to heaven I did ascend,
"Dona Dona", popularly known as "Donna, Donna", is a song about a calf being led to slaughter, written by Sholom Secunda and Aaron Zeitlin.Originally a Yiddish language song "Dana Dana" (in Yiddish דאַנאַ דאַנאַ), also known as "Dos Kelbl" (in Yiddish דאָס קעלבל, meaning The Calf), it was a song used in a Yiddish play produced by Zeitlin.
Swift starts the song with the chorus that immediately makes her distaste for the subject of the song clear. “‘Cause, baby, now we got bad blood/ You know it used to be mad love/ So take a ...
"Chan Mali Chan" is a folk song popular in Malaysia and Singapore. [1] [2] The song is a light-hearted song that may have its origin in a Malay poem pantun. [3] In Indonesia there are songs that have similar tones such as "Anak Kambing Saya" ("My Lamb" or "My Baby Goat") written by Saridjah Niung. [4] [5] [6] It is commonly sung as a children's ...
However, the song faced a government ban on airplay in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, citing the Ya Mado dance as "indecent". [ 122 ] [ 123 ] [ 124 ] Koffi Olamide's ndombolo-inspired song "Selfie" (alternately known as "Ekoti té"), from his 2015 studio album 13ème Apôtre , rapidly became a viral sensation, amassing over a million ...