Borborbor drummers.
Borborbor dance.

Borborbor is a Ghanaian and Togolese traditional dance performed by the Ewe people from the mid-Volta region of Ghana and Southern Togo including Kpalime and Lomé.[1] The dance is performed especially during the festival of the chiefs and people of communities.[2] This dance is believed to have been originated by Mr. Francis Kudzo Nuatro in the 1950s.[3] It's a cultural and a social recreational dance performed by the Ewe people in the Volta Region of Ghana, an area north of the Anlo Ewe of southeastern Ghana and some Togelese.

References

  1. ↑ Tomar, Kunal (2017-12-16). "BORBORBOR DANCE - GHANA: An African Tribal Dance - Page 3 of 4 - DanceAsk". Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  2. ↑ "Hogbetsotso Festival". www.travel-to-discover-ghana.com. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
  3. ↑ GNA (2020-07-27). "Remembering Francis Kodzo Nuatro, Borborbor Originator and Icon". Ghana News Agency. Retrieved 2023-06-12.


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