Amazing African Dance, don't miss

 This is "glissment" or sliding, one of the dance techniques of the zaouli dance, it is performed by Zaouli de Tibeita. Name of the dancer is Loh Samuel. Besides, the purple mask depicting the chicken holding the lizard, he performs under the red mask, depicting a scene of zamble dance. His dance style is easily recognized and all of his masks have horns, one red mask has both vertical and horizontal horns. The person in the background is one of his acolytes who accentuate the speed of the footwork by moving continuously around the mask in real-time,

  the role of the acolyte is also to provide assistance to the dancer because the dancer can only see a small angle in front of his feet, thus making him blind through the entire dance , the acolyte continuously shouts her name "Djela" (djela-name of the dance.zaouli-name of the mask) and points to the mask. The orange mask in this video is doing sliding, performed by Zaouli de Manfla. Style of this dancer is also very distinct, his masks come in various colours , he has more than 7 different mask As I can't explain every and each of them, the best way to spot and recognize him is by accessories he carries under the masks, and that being the two small orbs hanging up to the level of the waist in the same colour as the face of the mask.

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