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Real african culture taken as spirituality at New Edubiase, Ashanti, Ghana

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It was taken during a funeral that's why almost everyone in the video are wearing black. The dancer needs to be barefoot and roll his cloth down to show his chest before he is allowed to dance in front of the paramount chief. The drum used is called "FONTOMFROM" which means the swallower of the elephant. It is played only when a paramount chief sits in state at durbars, funerals or any cultural functions.The dance is the highest in the hierarchy of Asante drum dances. It is only played and performed when a paramount chief or "Obrempong" rides in a palanquin.

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