The Irigwe Dancers of Miango Village on the Jos Plateau |
Common terms and phrases
accent the rhythm ancestral warriors anti-clockwise direction arm swings arms and hands Arts Festivals Biange Brashayi carry an axe circle circular floor pattern cowtail switch dance group dance performance dances are performed direct movement Dogo Dangana drum house Drum makers drummer's body drummers elders farm film forward inclination four hops fourth dance function Ganga Garba Ngasi guinea corn harvest Hausa idiophones initial beat Irigwe Shi Irigwe Shi ne JOS PLATEAU Katab group lazy fellow leading leather loin coverings male dance ensembles mbwa Miango dancers MIANGO VILLAGE Neriga Ngwa Nigerian Dance Northern Nigeria nwa ka nwa ra occasions organised percussive beat performance to entertain piece of land quarter turn rites round Rubwo Dombo second phrase sequence Shi ne wasan shoulder girdle side steps song and dance step pattern Studies in Nigerian style of dance TEXT tozru traditional traditionally performed triple hop upper torso village area virtuoso ward