Learn basic turning and spotting moves for traditional Mexican dancing in this free instructional video dance lesson.
Expert: Aleli Montano
Bio: Aleli Montano holds a BFA in Dance from the Boston Conservatory and joined Donna Sternberg and Dancers in Santa Monica in 2006.
Filmmaker: Nili Nathan
Duration : 0:3:41
Learn the basic steps for traditional Mexican dancing in this free instructional video dance lesson.
Expert: Aleli Montano
Bio: Aleli Montano holds a BFA in Dance from the Boston Conservatory and joined Donna Sternberg and Dancers in Santa Monica in 2006.
Filmmaker: Nili Nathan
Duration : 0:2:24
India’s culture is marked by a high degree of syncretism[109] and cultural pluralism.[110] It has managed to preserve established traditions while absorbing new customs, traditions, and ideas from invaders and immigrants and spreading its cultural influence to other parts of Asia.
Indian architecture is one area that represents the diversity of Indian culture. Much of it, including notable monuments such as the Taj Mahal and other examples of Mughal architecture and South Indian architecture, comprises a blend of ancient and varied local traditions from several parts of the country and abroad. Vernacular architecture also displays notable regional variation.
Indian music covers a wide range of traditions and regional styles. Classical music largely encompasses the two genres — North Indian Hindustani, South Indian Carnatic traditions and their various offshoots in the form of regional folk music. Regionalised forms of popular music include filmi and folk music; the syncretic tradition of the bauls is a well-known form of the latter.
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Nana Yaw Opoku Mensah was once a flutist in the courts of the Asantehenes Nana Prempeh I & Nana Prempeh II and possibly Nana Opoku Ware II early in his reign. He was 102 in this video and I was told that he was still in good health in 2006. Nana didn’t know his birthdate but he told me that he was born a few months before the Yaa Asantewaa War of 1900.
He is playing the ‘odurugya’ which is the traditional cane flute of the Akan. The song he’s playing i believe is one in the tradition called ‘Sikabewuepere’(money’s death pangs’ which was popularized during the 1920’s economic boom in Asante & the Gold Coast Colony.
The flute is often used in songs of lamenting or grief. This piece is more of a recitation than a song really, for the odurugya is a ‘talking’ instrument, which means that the Akan of antiquity developed a system of encoding their language into the range of sounds/tones the odurugya makes. One must be immeresed in the ‘deep structures’ of Akan society in order to learn the method of ‘decoding’ the flute language.
Mixed with this video is footage from the funeral of the Bantamahene Baffour Awuah V, an event that was both solemn and celebratory.
Duration : 0:6:44
This is one of the traditional dances in Zimbabwe Africa near Victoria Falls. Filmed Feb 21st, 2001 with my old Sony personal camcorder.
Duration : 0:1:33
Author and Reclaiming Tradition priestess M. Macha NightMare tells us about the history and tradition of altar building at the Spiral Dance. For more information about the Spiral Dance Ritual visit http://www.reclaimingspiraldance.org
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From Eisa drumming to the Sanshin there are many musical traditions unique to Okinawa. Let your ears go on a musical adventure with James Knott as he explores the history and sounds of the island.
Duration : 0:5:30
We enjoyed all these types of the traditional music and dance when we were traveling at South Africa.
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Mexican traditional dance from the beautiful state of Veracruz.
Great dancers 
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