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Kambon-waa

Dagbani · Dagomba (Dagbon), Northern Region · Music/Dance

The warriors' dance. The Dagbani Dictionary glosses kambon-waa as 'warriors' dance'; Haas describes it as the drumming and dance tradition of the kambɔnsi warrior lineages, performed at funerals with musket fire, and reports an Asante origin.

At the funeral the warriors danced Kambon-waa.

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