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"Bottle dance" in an African bar

The dancer is Asta, queen of the Bassa of Cameroon
  • She invites us to a private bar on the city's fringe...

 

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Queen Asta

 

 

  • Cameroonians go there on weekends to connect with compatriots and have a taste of home

 

 

Waiting
"Bonsoir!"

 

Asta initiates a student to this dance

 

 

 

It is a wedding dance - that is, a fertility dance. Stomping brings up the earth's energy and hip-swinging is erotic.

 

 

The beer is a symbol of life and an experienced dancer drinks all of it so that a baby will come next.

 

 

 

 

Europeans are welcome, but rarely know of this spot. The bar's patron, Asta, the musicians and the
African public welcome our guests.

 

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