Gere (Westafrika, Elfenbeinküste) - Akrobatischer Tanz der "Schlangenmädchen"
Creator:
Him
Editor:
AlfGün
Publisher:
IWF
Host:
Drei Mädchen zwischen vier und sechs Jahren führen, begleitet von zwei Trommeln und einem eisernen Klimperinstrument, akrobatische Tänze vor. Von ihrem "Trainer" werden sie in die Luft geworfen und wie "Schlangen" um seinen Körper gewunden. Three small girls between four and six years old first perform acrobatic feats with their flexible bodies accompanied by two drums and one tinkle-instrument; afterwards, they will be whirled into the air by their "trainer", an athletic man, and wound around his body, like snakes. Such snake-girls are also found in other villages of the Dan and Gere (Kran) along the western Ivory-coast and in eastern Liberia.