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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 ...
The actual dance event is called the Yaake, while other less famous elements—bartering over dowry, competitions or camel races among suitors—make up the week-long Guérewol. [1] The Guérewol is found wherever Wodaabe gather: from Niamey, to other places the Wodaabe travel in their transhumance cycle, as far afield as northern Cameroon and ...
As people were taken from Africa to be sold as slaves, especially starting in the 1500s, they brought their dance styles with them. Entire cultures were imported into the New World, especially those areas where slaves were given more flexibility to continue their cultures and where there were more African slaves than Europeans or indigenous Americans, such as Brazil.
The Fulanis are located at the Northern Region of Nigeria. [2] The festival is held twice a year in the Fulani community, the first is held during dry season at the period of guinea corn harvesting preparation while the second festival in a year is performed during the Muslim Celebration Eid-el-Kabir .
Next, the masquerader collects the tools of the deceased and destroys them in the performance arena. In the final part of the dance, the dancer collects the Okega, or personal god of the deceased, takes snuff into his nostril three times, hits the back of his head three time, and performs the three final dance moves. By the end of the ceremony ...
A New Zealand dad is teaching his kids from a young age about their Indigenous heritage. In a now-viral TikTok video shared by wife Hope Lawrence on Nov. 16, Zar Lawrence is seen teaching his ...
Festivals in Nigeria, some of which date back to the period before the arrival of the major religions in her ethnically and culturally diverse society. The Christian festivals [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and Islam festivals are often celebrated in ways that are unique to Nigeria or unique to the people of a locality. [ 3 ]
Spelling, for her part, was all smiles as she stood in between her two kids. “Forever in my eyes they’ll appear their 2- and 3-year-old selves with me holding their hands. Now, both taller ...