ETHNOMUSICOLGICAL: A MUSICOLOGICAL AND EXPLORATIONS OF DANCE FORMS IN CALABAR INTERNATIONAL CARNIVAL EXPERIENCES
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.65336/WJAEL.2026.3405Keywords:
Dance Forms, Musicology, Ethnomusicology, Carnival Bands, Traditional Dances, MusicAbstract
This paper took a critical look at dance forms in carnival performances with focus on the Carnival Calabar. Carnivals are predominantly, better felt and experienced in dance. Dance is as old as mankind although its origin is lost in antiquity. dances are usually performed and feats into majority of the music played by different bands during the Calabar carnival. The paper argues that aspect of performance is peculiar to youths as they make up more than 80 percent of the carnival bands, that gives it verve and street credibility, especially because of their mastery of the dance routines. The paper concludes that the emergence of these new forms of dance in Nigeria has not gone unnoticed hence the attack on it by cultural relativist critics, theorists and scholars in the society.
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