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Hikwé

Hikwe est une danse du peuple Bassa qui exalte la beauté, le magnétisme et la fierté des femmes Bassa.

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Hikwe est une danse du peuple Bassa qui exalte la beauté, le magnétisme et la fierté des femmes Bassa.

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Chapter Takeaways
Danse de la séductionHikwé est une danse de déclaration discrète de l'amour.
Notes et référencesPortail des musiques du monde Portail des Bassa Portail du Cameroun Portail de la musique Portail de la danse
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Hikwe est une danse du peuple Bassa qui exalte la beauté, le magnétisme et la fierté des femmes Bassa.

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Hikwe est une danse du peuple Bassa qui exalte la beauté, le magnétisme et la fierté des femmes Bassa. 1

Danse de la séduction

Hikwé est une danse de déclaration discrète de l'amour. À la tombée de la nuit, un chant est entonné pour accompagner la formation des couples. Par un geste discret, l'homme touche la hanche de la femme convoitée. Lorsqu'elle est intéressée, la femme répond à cette déclaration par le regard. 1

Notes et références

Portail des musiques du monde Portail des Bassa Portail du Cameroun Portail de la musique Portail de la danse 1

The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Hikwé”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. 1

Hikwé is type of dance, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 2

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