Dance in Cameroon
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Dance in Cameroon
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Dance in Cameroon is an integral part of the tradition, religion, and socialising of the country's people. Cameroon has more than 200 traditional dances, each associated with a different event or situation. Colonial authorities and Christian missionaries discouraged native dances as threats to security and pagan holdovers. However, after Cameroon's independence, the government recognised traditional dance as part of the nation's culture and made moves to preserve it. Traditional dances follow st
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_in_Cameroon
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2024-03-11T22:43:39Z
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