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Eskista

Also known as Ethiopian shoulder dance

Eskista: photograph by Katie Hunt
Photo: Katie Hunt, CC BY 2.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Follow beat cues to roll, shake and snap the shoulders and chest in time with drum patterns.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Ethiopia.

Origins

A living tradition passed from person to person; it is not tied to a single dated origin. It belongs to the cultural world of Africa: Nile and the Horn.

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