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klin dance

La danse klin est une danse traditionnelle de réjouissance exclusivement féminine de l'ethnie gouro, en Côte d'Ivoire.

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La danse klin est une danse traditionnelle de réjouissance exclusivement féminine de l'ethnie gouro, en Côte d'Ivoire.

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DéroulementUn homme bat un long tam-tam pendant que les danseuses, dans un cercle de cendre, scandent le rythme à l'aide de tuês.
BibliographiePhilippe Delanne, Bernardine Biot Kouao, Martin Aka Kouadio et Viviane Froger Fortaillier, Arts au féminin en Côte d'Ivoire, Paris, Le Cherche midi, 2009, 262 p.
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La danse klin est une danse traditionnelle de réjouissance exclusivement féminine de l'ethnie gouro, en Côte d'Ivoire.

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La danse klin est une danse traditionnelle de réjouissance exclusivement féminine de l'ethnie gouro, en Côte d'Ivoire. 1

Déroulement

Un homme bat un long tam-tam pendant que les danseuses, dans un cercle de cendre, scandent le rythme à l'aide de tuês. Le batteur est purifié à la fin de la danse. 1

Bibliographie

Philippe Delanne, Bernardine Biot Kouao, Martin Aka Kouadio et Viviane Froger Fortaillier, Arts au féminin en Côte d'Ivoire, Paris, Le Cherche midi, 2009, 262 p. (ISBN 978-2-7491-1527-6) Portail de la danse Portail de la Côte d’Ivoire Portail des femmes et du féminisme 1

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

klin dance 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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