BAMAYA IN DAGBAMBA AND DAGBON by JUFIA NE NSOROMA CULTURAL GROUP

BAMAYA FROM DAGBAMBA IN DAGBON;
This dance suite is performed in remembrance of a calamity that once befell Dagbon in the middle of the 17th century. The performance of the dance reminds the people about a severe drought that befell the land, when in an attempt to find out the cause of the drought, the land gods were consulted.
The display provides a description of dancers moving their feet very swiftly and twist their waist many times as they dance round the drummers.
The dancers tie weaved embroidery belts on their waists and chins of jingles and cymbal bells tied to their feet to make rhythms as they shake and thump their feet while dancing.
Bamaya traditional dance is performed with a chorus song and chanting with a supported of brekete drum, dondo drum (locally called), rattles, Casta nuts bell and flutes.
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