Adowa

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Adowa is a traditional Akan dance from Ghana, often performed at social and ceremonial occasions with expressive movements and drum-based music.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Adowa canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Akan dance ⓘ
cultural practice ⓘ
traditional dance ⓘ
associatedWith Akan funerary rites ⓘ
Akan royal courts ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Ghana ⓘ
culturalOrigin Akan people ⓘ
danceFormation circle ⓘ
line ⓘ
ethnicGroup Akan people ⓘ
Ashanti people ⓘ
genderParticipation men ⓘ
women ⓘ
hasCharacteristic call-and-response singing ⓘ
complex rhythms ⓘ
expressive movements ⓘ
symbolic gestures ⓘ
hasMusicType drum-based music ⓘ
hasRole celebration ⓘ
cultural identity preservation ⓘ
mourning expression ⓘ
social communication ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
languageContext Twi ⓘ
linked to: Twi language
movementStyle graceful ⓘ
improvised within set patterns ⓘ
rhythmic ⓘ
performedAt ceremonial occasions ⓘ
festivals ⓘ
funerals ⓘ
social gatherings ⓘ
weddings ⓘ
performedBy dancers ⓘ
drummers ⓘ
singers ⓘ
primaryBodyPartEmphasis feet ⓘ
hands ⓘ
torso ⓘ
regionOfOrigin Ashanti Region ⓘ
relatedDance Agbadza ⓘ
Kete ⓘ
religiousContext Christian-influenced ceremonies ⓘ
traditional Akan religion ⓘ
tempo moderate ⓘ
transmissionMethod community teaching ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
usesInstrument bell ⓘ
drums ⓘ
gourd rattle ⓘ
talking drum ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Akan people → dance → Adowa ⓘ
Kete → relatedTo → Adowa ⓘ