Heritage and tradition through dance by the Balafon West African Dance Ensemble

>>> WELL, WE TOLD YOU EARLIER IN THE SHOW HOW THE NEW MOVIE, MARVEL MOVIE "WAKANDA FOREVER" IS IN THEATERS TODAY. AND EVEN THOUGH IT IS AN IMAGINARY LAND, THE CULTURES THEY EMBRACE HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR GENERATIONS. >> LOCAL DANCE ENSEMBLE BALAFON INSPIRES HISTORY AND CULTURE IN SOME CASES THAT GOES BACK 150 GENERATIONS. CAN YOU EVEN IMAGINE? MIKEY HAS MORE.

>> Reporter: I HAVE WITH ME LINDSEY McDANIEL WHO'S THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CHRISALA WHO YOU'RE A DANCER, A PERFORMER, YOU DO IT ALL, RIGHT? ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BALAFON AND HOW IT GOT STARTED AND WHAT BROUGHT IT TO LIFE. >> BALAFON IS A PERFORMANCE ENSEMBLE, AND IT ACTUALLY STARTED IN DC 25 YEARS AGO. OUR FOUNDER, THE PRINCIPAL DANCER OF GUINEA'S NATIONAL BALLET, AND SHE BROUGHT THE COMPANY HERE WITH HER TO PITTSBURGH. WE BECAME A NONPROFIT IN 2010. AND OVER THE YEARS, WE'VE PERFORMED, WE ALSO TEACH ARTS EDUCATION TO YOUNG PEOPLE, TO YOUNG PEOPLE AT HEART WHO ARE OLDER AND SENIORS.

SO WE REALLY TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SHARING THE CULTURE OF GUINEA AND ALSO THROUGHOUT THE CONTINENT. WE WORK WITH A LOT OF MASTER ARTISTS FROM OTHER AREAS OF WEST AFRICA, OF SOUTH AND CENTRAL AFRICA AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE SO THAT PEOPLE REALLY KNOW THEIR RICHNESS AND DEPTH OF WHAT AFRICAN ARTS IS. >> WHAT AN AMAZING HISTORY. AND THE MOVIE COMES OUT, PEOPLE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THIS. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOUR ORGANIZATION? >> I THINK, -- YOU KNOW, WHEN WITH WE THINK ABOUT AFRICA, WE THINK ABOUT THE SINGULAR PLACE, AND THE BEAUTY THE IDEA OF "WAKANDA" BECAUSE WE GET ASKED ALL THE TIME IS THAT A PLACE? IT'S NOT.

I KNOW. BUT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT IT, WE REALIZE THE RICHNESS, THE TECHNOLOGY, THE HUMANITY, THE UNITY, THE CULTURE JUST THAT EXISTS IN THIS PLACE AND THE DESIRE TO BE UNIFIRED. YOU KNOW, AND THAT IS REALLY WHAT WE DO AS BALAFON AS WE UNIFY PEOPLE THROUGH OUR ART, YOU KNOW, THROUGH OUR MUSIC. YOU HEAR THE MUSIC, YOU CAN'T HELP BUT MOVE. YOU SEE THE MOVIE, YOU CAN'T HELP BUT TAP YOUR FEET A LITTLE BIT. >> WHAT ARE WE GOING TO WITNESS? I CAN'T WAIT. I LOVE THE BLUE, BY THE WAY. >> ONE OF THE RHYTHMS THAT IS OFTEN PASSED DOWN IS THE LONBON, SO THAT IS ONE OF THE RIBBONS WE HOLD DEAR TO US BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP IT, AND WE HAVE TO HOLD IT IN A VERY HIGH ESTEEM BECAUSE IT IS THE WAY THAT WE TELL STORIES, THAT WE KEEP HISTORY, THAT WE PASS ON THAT KNOWLEDGE FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION.

>> OKAY. WELL, LET'S CHECK IT OUT. >> REALLY SO IMPRESSIVE TO HAVE THESE TALENTED ARTISTS WITH US IN STUDIO AND TO BE ABLE TO .

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Bet he can't drink beer that fast! #shorts #wildlife #nature #Elephants #

that's what five gallons three gallons? bet you can't drink beer that fast! thank you very much guys for coming for each one of you guys and also.

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Sunnishas documentary: Why African Forest Elephants Are Becoming Endangered

hi my name is today i'll be talking about why african forced elephants are going endangered why are african force elephants going into injured you ask and how is it that we can help preserve the cute but huge forest african elephant the reason why african forest elephants are endangered is because they're suffering from habitat loss livestock farming and human infrastructure is taking over the natural land those are just some of the reasons why african forest elephants are endangered here are examples of infrastructure that is taking over our natural lands farms factories schools and roads now let's talk about where african forest elephants live so the habitat most african forest elephants live in the savannah savannahs are grassy with individual trees scattered throughout savannas cover almost half of africa's total surface in the savannah there's an average of 50.8 to 127 centimeters of rain each year and the temperature varies between 15.5 to 23.8 degrees celsius now let's talk about breeding breeding occurs at all times of the year but mating is possibly more frequent in the time period from december to march than other times they breed more in the winter because it's colder and when it's colder they the females can ovulate more both genders reach maturity at age 8 to 12 years and the female continues to breed until old age because the mating season is so short mature female elephants are never far from adult male elephants the scent of female elephant estrus attracts male bulls a repetitive female will hold her head high producing a low rumbling invitation and she leaves her group and runs quickly across the plains chased by bulls and that's all thanks for listening hope this changed your mind about african force elephants they're so cute

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Zaouli Dance Reaction Video #AFRICA

and how's it going peeps boy chris long we have african dance style now the most impossible dance in the world uh so hey we're gonna react to this and you know try to have a good time i'm really a fan when it comes to dancing and whatnot just being yourself and you know let's let's see what this is about this is a whole tradition over here and you know great great people now wow zolly i believe that's how you say it it's a traditional dance of the giro people ivory coast the way his feet are moving is incredible um on top of that he has a steady bounce with it so um you see how look at how he is balancing on one leg and on top of that his foot's going outward like that and he's still keeping it going this dude is amazing see why this dance is now considered the most impossible dance in the world oh yes we do yeah it takes so much effort and energy like i've never done this dance just looking at this man you can tell but he's in his own he's in like this amazing smooth trance where this is probably as easy as hell for him and he's practicing who knows how many times so he's in his groove and no one can get him out of his home how what was that let's go back let's go back hold up this is crazy look at he's just he's keeping up with the beat he's in sync with the beat you know how when you listen to rap music the rapper has to stay in flow with the the music the instrumental and whatnot well this guy is doing that the amount of expertise that this person has is it's on a different level it really isn't you know that sophisticated so so it's really like a whole piece of art that you're seeing like the overall picture he's keeping you busy with hand movement and he's still you know in rhythm while tapping the feet but it's like i don't know how to explain it man it's not that i'm amazed because i am amazed but it's more so it's just i love seeing other people you know get in their zone and just do what they love to do just because like that's what they would rather be doing with their time and when you're this amazing at what you do it's just it's different wow i need to gain so much knowledge on these dances that's for sure i can't even explain what he did and please feel free to leave your suggestions new students about africa i was like that was different i had an amazing time reacting to that masterpiece right there um it was different um very very unique and just fun you know fun excitement so that being said until next time my friends i hope you enjoyed the video take care

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African & German Try ROMANIAS Most Famous SNACKS 🍫🧁

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oh my gosh per 100 grams this has calories look at the curves on it man this is nice salute and welcome to romaniac this is african  and german try and today we'll be trying romanian   snacks if you want to see other  episodes of african and german   try in the end you will find the playlist  also on our channel so check them out let's get started with the first one  which is actually cool you read it mm-hmm not bad you know but it's just not what  we thought it was going to be initially okay next we have pro sticks kokrema de  chocolata yeah this one is filled with chocolate i like this this is so good small addictive to eat mmm negative cigar i was telling him one day you  know to come over to my place thumbs up now we have something from alca wait wrong this looks cool it's like a  small cake it is a cake isn't it yeah it's nice i would want  it to be a bit more wet though   what means wet i mean you you want it to be  more juicy yeah some of you might ask yourselves   why we are studying medicine in romania we  both have the dream of becoming doctors but   couldn't get a place in our home countries if it's  also your dream or the dream of someone you know   to study medicine or dentistry check out our  website and we'll make this dream a reality you know actually a funny story   there are a lot of romanian stores in london yeah  i saw romanian stuff and my mom went into one of   them she absolutely loves it like every time  i go back home she's like get me that covering   i don't like it i was never a fan of these  dry doll things also in germany back then oh yeah now this is crazy it's covered  with chocolate is that what it is   yeah that's what i said the whole time  i thought it was a banana or something   okay these buffaloes are small though it  smells really weird it smells smell inside did you find the bag so they're really tiny bro this is a 10 out of 10.

This is good  yeah that's a like yeah for sure thumbs up oh yeah what do we have here we actually went  to dobrija now and got some digester much   darker than it looks like on the packaging  it looks almost green mmm this is nice what's all these seeds inside it tastes like after   breakfast you just took all the  from the table and pressed it tortillas mini pizzas salt mine with tomato and  basil a mini bagel looks like fried mushroom oh man oh this is my taste yeah  that's what i say look here it's a monster you can really taste the  mouth of her i can bear like yes mentor oh yeah everything runs has there's so much  rum in it really to start off with yeah   maybe means rum ah in romanian yeah but for you you always have to make the sound  with your mouth mine just comes out it's like yeah oh yes it's dark chocolate  take it bro this smells dark chocolate for me if i'm putting  it into words it tastes like as soon   as you put dark chocolate in your  mouth it tastes like shadows just   just coming from nowhere surrounding your  whole mouth that's what it tastes like for me   okay let's get one with cherry now oh layered  let's give this a go oh no no i don't want to why is this so white like  it's like look at this garbage where did we go together yeah we skied all the way  there came back with this chocolate actually the   only romanian chocolate we could find it's very  thin though i have to say it's not as thick as   wow a lot of milk i like it i thought really  it smelled uh it tastes a bit too milky for me okay you try saying this one now for good ash it's like romanian bounty oh yeah so this is coconut yeah would you  honestly if you say oh yeah i'm ready for a   treat in the supermarket would you get this no oh  hell no but the thing is it's not so bad but the   only problem is it's not enough chocolate too  much coconut and the coconut is too green yeah this word yes exactly my one has   a rom on it so my one has actually rum  inside mine is caramel and salt okay whoa man this is straight diabetes   bro it tastes good but it's insanely sweet let me  give that a try this is crazy but it's tooth bro   it's it's giving me this tingle ending in there  it's too diabetic and the layering of pharynx everyone knows what they said yeah this is  we've all seen this around romanian national   snack yeah gusto pufulets yes pooflets what does  that mean puffy things yeah just puffies yeah   it's really just melting it just  disappears in your mouth what is this um   sweet corn it probably is sweet it tastes  like cardboard cardboard with a sword cardboard with a sprinkle of salt in there  oh what are you gonna make okay let's have   a competition who built something more  beautiful let's see who builds the most   night the nicest thing you guys decide  in the comments which one which one is okay done what the two poofulettes  oh my gosh this is mine what is this come on bro it's it's the hand the eagle oh it's a  laser shooter now is the thing in the laser beams i would i want to take the gun and shoot you this is star mix these are always the ones yeah  these ones yeah so which one is it this one   we love those we went to watch um the liverpool  tottenham champions league final two years ago   and i think was it you ate all of them and  then uh everyone's always fighting for them   but you can't buy them single that's a problem  star please just sell a packet with just these   they would make a double the price the rest  of the stuff is okay it's like flavorful flats another outcome alpha so it's  probably it's just wafers doesn't it   but this one what what flavor did we get  here it's vanilla but so industrial stop   being a big baby smell it this is not  something i want to try like i said this is so sweet oh my gosh  per 100 grams this has 2   154 calories 40 grams of sugar yeah this  is up there with the other sweet one okay what do we have here kozonak this  is actually um yeah traditional romanian manuka is it's probably this one yeah  yeah yeah always carry a knife yeah this looks so yeah tastes good this gets a super large yeah  very big like so this brings us to the end   of trying romanian snacks or even snacks that  are common to eat in romania there was a lot of   sugar but i have to say that there were a lot of  surprises that i will definitely buy in the future   the things that we've seen all the time we're  finally tried yeah yeah to know whether we can   buy them actually from now on or not not if  you enjoyed this content please give it a   like and also subscribe don't forget  to click that notification bell   so you get updated whenever we post anything  see you guys next time la vida and ciao you

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Who Had The Swankiest Fashion of Young Famous and African? Nella Rose Breaks It Down | Netflix

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- Am I allowed to say titties? Look out folks, here they come! ♪ I don't really care, I'ma be a millionaire ♪ - Hi friends. It's your girl Nella Rose and I'm about to check out some of the most amazing looks from Netflix hot, new unscripted show, "Young, Famous, and African". This is with me Ayeeeeeeee! Big Khanyiiiiiiii! Her shoulders look like clouds! Oh, I love her, love her to bits. She looks like a fairy godmother, some sort of Twinkle Bell. Do you know one thing I love about Khanyi? She's a real representation of African women in terms of style, like we're very extravagant, we want the best, we wanna look the best, we wanna feel the best. Khanyi, she's really, you know, fashion wise, you're doin the damn ting! We respect you my girl.

- I consider myself a gentleman in training. - Ayeeeeeeeeee! Big Boy! You know when you know someone has style, blue handkerchief, blue glasses, purple suit. He's giving P I M P. ♪ When I walk in, pour it straight on the floor ♪ ♪ You don't talk to me ♪ Oooooooooh! I didn't even care about the outfit. The hair? Do you remember Nicki Minaj back in the day? This is it! This is a 10 out 10. And I like how she's kept the top very simple so that you can focus on the hair because baby, this hair is giving. It's giving everything. It's giving heritage, with a twist. - I'm the God of fashion. - Ooooooooooooo! Ah! Who said that? That's inappropriate! He just looks amazing. He looks absolutely edible. He looks like an edible eggplant. Okay, but it represents royalty.

It represents everything that Africa represents, and I just love him and he makes me really happy. When was the last time you saw a shirt with mesh? I absolutely hate it when men just throw on a white shirt because I just feel like, how lazy are you? Now this is a prime example of how you can make a nice white shirt look glammed and dressed up and just amazing! It's giving bedazzled. Don't play with my boy, Diamond! Kayleigh! To wear the disco ball. But you know what, yeah? 'Cause it's Kayleigh, I feel like she's dressed it up, and she's made it look nice. Because let me step out in the disco ball. Heyyy! Big General. Uhhh. General. I just feel like, it's the belt for me. When a man wears anything with a belt on top of the jacket or the blazer it's Big General ting.

When he walks in, stand up! Everybody stand up straight. No one breathe. Huh? On guard! - When it comes to my family, I don't play around. - Oh! This is off the shoulder, but you can't see the shoulder 'cause it's covered up! Big Annie! Like, this is amazing! This is giving very high couture. I love this outfit. This outfit just, it makes me feel really warm because this is what like our African moms wear.

She looks like an East African queen baby madda. And she my baby madda dat. Two pickney dem she ah carry Period. Yes, good day! 10. 10..

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Snare Drum Double Hit Variations : Left Hand Isolated Double Drum Beats: Strokes 1, 2 & 3

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Here we have double left strokes on one, two, as well as 3, right, left, right, left, right, left, right, left. The very first second and also 3rd times we are mosting likely to play a dual on the left hand. It is commonly referred to as the drummer young boy rhythm. Allow'' s go on and also move the best hand around a little on to the toms while maintaining the left hand on the entrapment.

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