The Azonto dance has become one of the most popular dances to ever emanate from West Africa.
If you thought the Azonto is a modern dance, think again, because most of the moves are just jazzed up and modified traditional rhythms that were incorporated into the dance.
Curious to know which traditional dances we talking about? Here are 5 traditional dances that were infused:
1. Kete Dance
The Kete dance is a traditional dance of the Ashantis and most of the moves can be found in the Azonto. The leg and most of the hand movements were creatively borrowed. The twisting of legs and shoulder movements are also all from the Kete dance.
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2. Kpanlogo Dance
The miming (communicating by acting out things without words) part of the Azonto originated from the Kpanlogo dance.
The idea of also throwing your legs and hands in the air and looking skywards is also a move from the Kpanlogo dance.
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3. Adowa
The Adowa dance of the Akan people similar to the Kete dance (but a bit rhythmically slower in execution), also has a lot of moves that were incorporated into the Azonto Dance.
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4. Bamaya
A little bit of the Bamaya dance from the people of the North is also found in there. Most of the introductory moves in the Azonto dance can be found in the Bamaya.
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5. Agbadza
Some of the shoulder moves in the Azonto dance can be traced to the Agbadza dance from Ewes in the Volta region.
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