Kete

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Kete is a traditional Akan dance and drum ensemble from Ghana, often performed at royal courts and important ceremonial occasions.

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Kete canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Akan cultural performance
Ghanaian traditional music genre
traditional dance and drum ensemble
associatedWith Akan chieftaincy institution
Akan royal courts
countryOfOrigin Ghana
culturalContext Akan people
culturalSignificance marker of high-status ceremonies
symbol of Akan royalty
danceStyle court dance
processional dance
dressCode regalia for chiefs and elders
traditional cloth
function communication of proverbs
historical narration
praise of chiefs
hasComponent dancing
drumming
handclapping
singing
hasInstrument atumpan drums
bell
fontomfrom-type drums
rattles
support drums
languageOfSongs Twi language
surface form: Twi
performanceSetting palace courtyard
public durbar grounds
performedAt chieftaincy ceremonies
enstoolment ceremonies
festivals
funeral rites of chiefs
royal courts
state occasions
performedBy Akan dancers
Akan drummers
court musicians
regionOfOrigin Akan regions of Ghana
relatedTo Adowa
Akan drum poetry
Fontomfrom
rhythmicStructure polyrhythmic
tempo moderate to fast
transmission oral tradition
usedFor courtly entertainment
ritual communication
royal processions

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Akan people dance Kete
Adowa relatedDance Kete