Adowa - UMass Dartmouth Kekeli West African Drum and Dance Ensemble

Adowa - A funeral dance of the Ashanti people of Ghana
UMass Dartmouth Kekeli West African Drum and Dance Ensmble
Lead Drummer: Master Drummer Abraham Kobena Adzenyah
Spring Concert, May 10th, 2012
New Bedford, Mass.

[@jimboateng681]

Great I use to teach Ashanti Cultural Drumming at a college in Baltimore Very nice beautiful culture I am glad American are interested to learn more about order culture

[@ghluedmo]

Africans never learn , keep sharing your culture. 500 more year to come

[@Shadow-Moses]

lol i dont know why i was laughing the whole time i was watching this but its really nice to see the world coming together and learn each other cultures.. when we learn to love others culture we bring peace and love to the world..

[@lawrenciahayford8389]

Am a 100percent Gh,when I saw this it made me laugh because it looks like my were just joking except the Ghanaian dancing that got the moves right,the whole dance is that they are saying something through the dance it not just a dance

[@apiahkwame1525]

Lawrencia Hayford six

[@gmog7857]

These people just murdered the ADOWA DANCE from GHANA

[@stelstel47]

This too hilarious!

[@professordrsirengineernana2814]

I think they must invite adowa dancers from Ahenfie to teach them proper but this is quite different from adowa dance but more room for improvement, kudos.

[@ancienttempleofmetaphysica3118]

Proudly ASANTE

[@tracyafriyie1377]

I'm Ashanti and they overall did a good job. It takes guts to learn and intricate dance such as the adowa

[@nanae6430]

Everyone is happy 😃 and that is all.

[@Onechalk]

Diversity is Powerful! Ghanaians communicate through spiritual dance. I am very impressed with the whites.

[@jakebaba2149]

They were absolutely wonderful. They did very well.

[@nanae6430]

Some leg jeans 👖 and sneakers 👟 good 👍 one ☝️ there

[@mrsmugeezbalotelli]

Yeah akinga10 I caught myself laughing as well but very proud of all of them especially d drummers. Keep it up

[@ceciliapoku413]

Beautiful.,very educative.

[@saintmathew2025]

In the next decade Ghanaians will come to Europe to learn how to dance adowa

[@professordrsirengineernana2814]

Good one there,kudos from Professor Dr sir engineer Frimpong Manso.

[@tracyoseikwarteng9451]

the good thing is they really enjoyed it

[@hannahharrison9537]

Interesting

[@jemts5586]

I'm all for sharing and learning about other cultures, but I'm not fond of some peoples getting involved.

[@ubuntumike5794]

Jem TS lol correct

[@simpleenglish1]

Jem TS hmmm, racist much??

[@nubianqueen4375]

@@simpleenglish1 that's not racism the person is trying to say you cant bit the original people which is true

[@simpleenglish1]

@@nubianqueen4375 "...I am not fond of some people getting involved."
We all know what this person meant by "some people"...you can pretend that it isn't a "racist" comment... that's your choice, but that won't make it not racist. Had the people in this video been "Black" this person wouldn't had made that comment...and I am pretty sure that you would have assumed that it was the "original people".
Racism is Racism, not matter the skin color of the racist.

[@nubianqueen4375]

@@simpleenglish1 I am not involved in nothing. This is social media and a platform I commented not a private account, sorry.

[@fggg2143]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ wow Ghana

[@WilliamAdofo]

Good job! A bit hilarious because it's uncommon to see anyone seriously dance adowa in nike sneakers, lol. But impressive nonetheless. Plus, adowa is not reserved for funerals. It is a grand dance that was once reserved for royalty and courtesans, regardless of the ocassion. So yes, funerals but adowa is also a regular feature during coronations, festivities like Akwasidae, and marriages etc

[@cconnie3762]

ha-ha! my first thought was "Adowa with shoes?" but generally, a nice, albeit hilarious sight to behold.

[@ancienttempleofmetaphysica3118]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣✋nice move

[@yawajacquelinedackey4527]

Bravooo

[@adwoaserwaa809]

it's amazing, well done.

[@graceopoku6871]

Powerful 👊!!!!!!!!!!!

[@bikwah]

I'm sick

[@Callmeshuga3778]

Asantehene, come and see oooo.... Lol

[@yawfrimpong2941]

ayekooooo

[@alicenyamakye701]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@shildila]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@sandrastephens]

Why are you laughing?🤣 🤣

[@nanaaayinee3028]

hahahahaaaaaaa

[@Onechalk]

Please, just don't dance with a cup on your head or a boot. It is disrespectful! If we are practicing diversity now, then the Guy should be able to dance with the white girls too. That will be a change of culture but at least, we are trying

[@africa2890]

Their dance instructor is terrible. These dancers are like zombies. All the same, much respect to the dancers. It's not their fault.....their instructor just didn't know how to teach them well.

[@debordelful]

myafricanaffairs or maybe they are just white people😀

[@Quirx-jh1jj]

nope.

[@akanasesm2879]

This is a big joke. This can NEVER be an adoa dance. The dance is a language not what these guys are doing. You cant do this dance except in sandals (constitutional for royals) or barefooted.
STOP INSULTING MY CULTURE.

[@bizanaleathers3512]

ooh let's them trying please

[@wilsonary8794]

I can’t laugh