| Englisch | Englisch Imitating adult dances is one of the favorite games of Dangaleat children. The children imitate dances not only of their own ethnic group but also of the neighbouring Arabs and Dadjo. In the afternoon ten girls at the age of three to eight years have come together in a homestead. They clap out the rhythm of the dance and sing. The first two dances imitated by the children are Arab dances. The next two dances are imitations of Dangaleat dances, and the fifth dance is composed of figures of two different Arab dances. The sixth dance is again a Dangaleat dance, danced by the adults in couples. Naturally the girls dance the women's part. The seventh and last dance is once more an Arab dance: the girls repeat the second dance. |
