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oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI602786

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Title:Bolga Soe war dancers at a funeral
DSC_0001_Bolga Soe war dancers arrive in a file at funeral(Titus Agandaa, David
Documenting oral genres in the Bolga dialect of Gurene (Northern Ghana)
Coverage:Ghana
Date:2010-04-03
Description:0001: Bolga Soe war dancers arriving in a file to perform at a funeral (Titus Agandaa, David Apobona, Ayimbila Afarika, Apusiyine Atubega). 0002: Bolga Soe war dancers in performance. They are going around the house of the deceased according to tradition. The leaders are in front. 0003: Bolga Soe war dancers going around the house for the second time, this time with children in front. 0005: The flute blower (Daniel Akasise) blows his flute while the war dancers sing a dirge at Soe. 0006: War dancers are entering the house of the deceased to pay their last respect. 0007: Adult war dancer with children performing at the inner court. 0008: The son of the deceased performing with other war dancers to pay their last respect to his father. 0009 :A female war dancer blowing a flute for war dancers to perform at the inner court yard. 0010: Drummers playing for children war dancers to perform. 0011: A young war dancer in action at a funeral. His father is the leader of the Soe war dancers. 0012: Leader of the Soe war dancers. 0013: A war dancer (Apana Agandaa) is performing in the room where the corpse is kept to give his last respect in Soe. 0014: A female war dancer (Cynthia Akokre) posing for photos in Bolga Soe. 0015: Female war dancer in action performing the war dance. 0016: Child war dancers performing to the admiration of mourners. 0017: Drummers on top of a flat roof of the house of the deceased looking down at war dancers performing. 0018: War dancers coming out of the house of the deceased. 0019: Elders who direct activities of the funeral are seated at the entrance of the house. Pictures taken by Robert Nyaabiire.
Language_Name: Bolga dialect of Gurene Language_Region: Africa Language_Country: Ghana Project_Status: Complete Year: 2009 Start_Date: 2010-02-01 End_Date: 2011-05-01
Format:image/jpeg
Identifier:oai:soas.ac.uk:MPI602786
SG0049
Identifier (URI):https://lat1.lis.soas.ac.uk/ds/asv?openpath=MPI602786%23
Publisher:Samuel Atintono
The University of Manchester
Subject:Dance
Type:Image

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Citation: n.a. 2010-04-03. Samuel Atintono.


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