【Culture．文化】BAWA (Unity Drum, in Cape Coast, Ghana)

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BAWA (Unity Drum, in Cape Coast, Ghana)


This is found among the Lobi and Dagarba people of the Upper West Region of Ghana. This dance type died out some time ago, but has been revived. It used to be festival dance performed only when the moon was up. The occasion for performance are marriage ceremonies and festivals.

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我的名字叫 Emmanuel charles richardson, 我是UnityDrum Theater的創辦人及團長。 非洲的音樂及舞蹈打從我出生在西非迦納的那一刻起，就一直存在於我的生命之中。 我的父親在我五歲時，就開始教導我如何打鼓，他的教導不同於傳統的非洲鼓，我的父親是迦納Cape Coast知名的音樂家。 當我九歲的時候，我的爸爸與哥哥，帶我到位於Cape Coast城堡，一個名叫"The Twerampong Traditional Drumming and Danceing Group"的鼓團。 They knew where my source of motivation in life came from. 他們知道我?? 我從來不知道我能夠跳舞，但我知道音樂就像我身體的一部份，如同我的熱情一般。 在鼓團裡，我在我的老師帶領之下學習關於非洲鼓/舞及他們願意教導我的任何事情。 當我國中的時候，我的父親過世，頓時間我像失去生命中所有的一切，但我從來不放棄我所做的事情。我離開了原來的鼓團。 I continued but stopped my formal group and became my own master by teaching foreign and local people to earn some money for a living. 我獨立出來，教導外國人及本地人非洲鼓舞，賺取生活所需。 在2007年，當我高中的時候，我得到一個機會，可以指導我的同學們在學校的演講&頒獎日演出。從那之後，我帶領著這些成員們開始訓練，成立我自已的鼓團叫"Unity Drum Theater"，也是第一個 My name is Emmanuel charles richardson, I am the founder and head of UnityDrum Theater. African music and dancing have been in my life since I was born in Ghana, West Africa. My father taught me how to play drums when I was five years ol...
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