Anchor at Sinoe: To-night we had a Kroo-dance on the forecastle. It was an uncouth and peculiar spectacle, characterized by singing, stamping, and clapping of hands, with a great display of agility. National dances might be taken as no bad standard of the comparative civilisation of different countries. A gracefully quiet dance is the latest flower of high refinement.
FUENTE: Journal of an African cruiser: comprising sketches of the Canaries, the Cape de Verds, Liberia, Madeira, Sierra Leone, and other places of interest on the west coast of Africa, Volumen 3 ,Horatio Bridge,Wiley and Putnam, 1845 - 179 páginas,Pag 49
Anchor at Sinoe:
ResponderEliminarTo-night we had a Kroo-dance on the forecastle. It was an uncouth and peculiar spectacle, characterized by singing, stamping, and clapping of hands, with a great display of agility. National dances might be taken as no bad standard of the comparative civilisation of different countries. A gracefully quiet dance is the latest flower of high refinement.
FUENTE: Journal of an African cruiser:
comprising sketches of the Canaries, the Cape de Verds, Liberia, Madeira, Sierra Leone, and other places of interest on the west coast of Africa, Volumen 3 ,Horatio Bridge,Wiley and Putnam, 1845 - 179 páginas,Pag 49