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| The ladies, ready for their final performance. |
Dancing looks so simple, but is really complex as your hands and feet move in opposite directions. This is very difficult because you move your arms with your legs, the opposite of the way you would naturally walk (with your left arm and right foot forward, then your left foot and right arm forward). It’s difficult to change something that occurs naturally. The dancing also involves the whole body, and every part of your body is constantly moving, your feet, hips, arms, hands, shoulders, head and neck. Like drumming, dancing is not necessarily how good you are but how good you feel while doing it. Dancing is about the feeling; the more relaxed you are the easier it will come to you.
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| The men ready for the final performance. |
They dance flat-footed, which is very different to more western/European styles where dancers are on the balls of their feet. There is also a lot of hip shaking. Dancing was always very fun!
I am so happy that the one thing I can say about Africa is that I have no regrets!