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Swange - Tiv Social Dance - Swange (Nigeria)

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Movement Journal — A Triadic Labs Publication

The first peer-reviewed publication infrastructure where human movement is the primary scholarly object.

Cultural Citation

Social dance of the Tiv people, blending traditional and modern influences. Learned from Elder Torkuma Aondofa in Makurdi, who has preserved Swange through decades of cultural change.

Movement Data

  • Tradition: Swange
  • Country: Nigeria
  • Format: FBX motion capture file
  • Duration: 3:30
  • Confluence Zone: Niger Delta

This entry is part of the Movement Journal Corpus — a living archive of human movement across global traditions. Movement Journal treats embodied knowledge as the primary scholarly contribution, not supplementary material.

Published by Triadic Labs

Movement Journal Entry ID: swange-001. Accepted: 2024-05-01. Published by Triadic Labs.

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Tiv

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movementdancemotion captureembodied knowledgeSwangeNigeriaNiger DeltaMovement JournalTriadic LabsGlobal Movement Research

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