Abok i Ngoma, Festival of dances and percussions
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| Country and Region | Cameroon — Centre |
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| Type of Festival | Dance, Music |
| Location of Festival | Yaoundé, Centre, Cameroon |
| Festival Address Information | Abok i Ngoma |
| Festival Description | Abok i Ngoma extends an invitation to discover dance and percussion art forms through spectacles, festive evenings, debates and masters classes. The Meka association organizes this festival each year with the aim to stimulate the creation and the production of spectacles for the promotion of the Cameroun culture. In addition, Meka association promotes the socio-economic reintegration of young people through introduction to arts trades. Each edition brings together some thirty contemporary dance companies, including groups of patrimonial dancers, and groups of percussionists; for high level spectacles representing African countries. |
| Festival Dates | March 2008 |
| Festival Links |
Practical Info:
Program 2006:
- Abok i Ngoma
Venues—Oyenga space/Fouda district of Yaounde
A cultural and artistic fair reserved for the promotion of the invited companies, partners and other cultural actors. The venue accomodates stalls, luncheons, the projection of films on dance, and debates. - Dance Yaounde Dance
Several groups of traditional dances and percussionists take turns on the large podium at the village of the festival. - Street performances in various locations
Venues:
- The CCF of Yaounde
- The CCF of Douala
- Goethe Institute
- Africréa—cultural space the Small Tom-tom
- Space Oyenga
- Arts centre Camerounais—accomodates the spectacles and the various workshops.
- Village of the festival behind the Yaounde town hall
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