DANZAS SUDAFRICANAS.

Music and dance. The Indian music and traditional African dances have been passed down through oral tradition. African music is different in the north and south. Arabic influences are significant in music and dance of North Africa, while Western influence is evident in these areas, due to settlement in South Africa.


Many African languages are tone languages, so the sound level determines the meaning. The latter affects the melodies and African rhythms. In the black continent using different instruments, among which are: drums (most used), bells, lute, flute and trumpet.


African dances are important mode of communication and dancers use gestures, masks, costumes, body paint and a host of visual aids. The basic movements are usually simple, emphasizing the body, torso or feet only, such movements tend to be simple coordination of body parts. The dances are sometimes carried out alone or in small groups of two to three people, although the dance is practiced in team formations: line, circle, serpentine, among others.


With modernization and urbanization, African music and dance have been involved again in influences from other cultures.