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Adjifo © e-monsite.com
This is an initiatic dance from South Togo. Adjifo is danced by young girls of marriageable age to prove their virginity and to get ready to fight evildoer spirits. see www.youtube.com and see www.youtube.com
*** Gbekon © ytimg.com
It's a traditional dance performed all year long during festivals, religious celebrations and other ceremonies.
*** Tchebe © divergence-images.com
Dance executed on raffia stilts of 3 to 6 meters high (spirits of the giant forest). see www.youtube.com
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*** Egun Orisha © wikimedia.org
Mask Dance of the Yoruba, this dance is performed 40 days after the passing away during the ceremony of the reincarnation of the spirit of a deceased person, or during funerals of followers.
*** Sakpata © alamy.com
This vaudou dance is performed during supplication ceremonies to thank the God of the Earth and keep epidemic diseases away. see www.youtube.com
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