DANCE 45 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Adae Festival, Ashanti People, Ballet Comique De La Reine
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People don"t die finally, they are transformed into something else. When they put on a mask they take on the essence of an ancestor and becomes the. It"s when he dies does he become more powerful and acquires a spirit egungun. The strength of the yoruba tradition lie between the yoruba and the gods. People who wear white, are careful what to say and not to stain the dance. The dance is simple, not chaotic and never in a hurry. When they dance they are possessed by spirits. Early christianity was concerned with cleansing the moral filth that they felt had polluted roman society was concerned with the second coming and living a pure life,denying bodily desires. Believed that the body was inferior to the spirit. Gods shiva and krishna dance: 56 what it perceives is hinduism being a tradition of multiculturalism. The mandala represents the home of the mandala in the snake forest.
