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Chaap is a Balochi word that means clapping, [14] and the dance is called nach in Balochi. [15] Balochi Dance. Most of Balochi dances include clappings (Chaps). Every dance include unique style of clappings with different body movements in the circle. Balochi dances are performed separately by men and women in big circle while dance together ...
In British military jargon of the first half of the 20th century, a "base wallah" is someone employed at a military base, or with a job far behind the front lines. [6] There were a number of other words of this type, such as "camel wallah" and "machine-gun wallah", and more. [7] "Base wallah" had a derogatory reference for a person who is ...
Igbabonelimhin is an acrobatic, masquerade dance-theatre common with the Esan people of Edo State of Nigeria. The word literally means “clapping for the spirit”. [1] Igbabonelimhin is a compound word for 'Igbabo' which literary means to clap and 'Elimlin' which means Spirit. Conjuctively, it means to clap hands or commune with the spirit.
The Kanuri people [12] are located in the northeast part of Nigeria, the Tiv people [13] are in the north central, and the Efik-Ibibio [14] are in the south South. The Bini people [15] [16] are most frequent in the region between Yorubaland and Igboland. [17] [18] Nigeria's other ethnic groups, sometimes called 'minorities', are found ...
Together the people gathered at the event become a “band of spirits”; they are shown honor and reverence during their visitation here on Earth. In addition to the masks and costumes worn during the masquerades, another vital component is the music and dance used to create the atmosphere that is conducive to capturing the essence of the ...
Nigeria has one official language which is English, as a result of the British colonial rule over the nation. Nevertheless, it is not spoken as a first language in the entire country because other languages have been around for over a thousand years making them the major languages in terms of numbers of native speakers.
Legend has it that Adikpo Songo from Akpagher; Mbatyav in the present day Gboko local government area of Benue State, Nigeria, was the originator of Kwagh-hir.Adikpo Songu, in an interview with Iyorwuese Hagher, a scholar of Kwagh-hir, attempted to corroborate this view held by several kwagh-hir group leaders and notable elders in Tivland.
The primary and most awaited part of the festival starts as you see bare-chested, unmarried men who are accompanied to the center of the crowd by beautiful young girls. The bands cheers the crowd by introducing drumbeats and sounds as the contenders gazed into their challengers eyes to show that they are in fear of nothing.