Music inthe African culture encompasses more than simply entertainment. Music plays an integral part in the culture of the society. The combination of music with dancing is one way the culture educates its people on the mores of the society.
A person's status in the social heirarchy is reflected by his or her level of participation in the dance rituals.
Everything from spiritual authority to
military discipline is reverberated in the beating of the
drums.
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