African wedding

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African wedding including customs and traditional dances have crossed borders. Indeed, it is very common, due to various intermingling, the ancestral customs are preserved but also in Africa. Whatever the country of origin of the groom or bride, rituals and traditions are important for the new generations. This is why it has become very common for mixed race marriages take place.
  Married can use, for example, a melodic percussion trio. Musicians playing doundoun, balafon and djembe, they will be invited to discover the traditional dances of their country.
  If you want to get married according to the customs of your country, why not bring a dancer teacher African dance. It will introduce your guests to the African dance fund percussion. A Mandinka griot can tell the life of your ancestors in song as it is customary in major African wedding ceremonies.
  Storyteller for children, drummers, dancers, dance teacher will allow you to have a traditional wedding and to discover your roots to your guests. The mixed-race marriages are becoming more common and the reputation of their dance and their music is more to do for all that is to set the mood.

Mali Wedding


A wedding in Mali can take 3 days to a week. A marabout is chosen by the two families to celebrate the religious marriage. The newlyweds and their guests will then dance and play music according to the customs. Most often, the festivities take place outdoors in front of the house of spouses. The Madan is a very rhythmic dance that is danced in a circle, on special occasions like marriage. At the sound of dounoun and djembe, it is usually the women dancing.

Guinea's wedding




The wedding ceremony in Guinea is an occasion for great celebration made dances and festivities. Of drums, the djembe and balafon resonate throughout the village. The crazy fare and traditional dances safounamalon are reserved for the mother of the bride.

Senegalese marriage



Senegalese marriage lasts seven days and consists of traditional marriage, civil marriage and religious marriage. Throughout the celebration, songs, music and dances Senegalese are moving the festivities. The sabar is a musical instrument but also a Senegalese dance that women perform in traditional marriages.





The Congolese wedding


When Congolese wedding ceremonies, the Teke dance gives rise to an exceptional choreography. It couples dancing to the sounds of drums and accompanied by cylindrical sticks.

The Ivorian marriage

For ivoirines, the wedding ceremony is an opportunity for a true alliance of friendship between two families. All rituals are in the village of the bride. The ceremony ends as the Ivorian with tradition, that is to say with a feast and specific ethnic dances.

Burkina Faso marriage



Dance is part of the Burkinabe culture and end all ceremonies like weddings. Drummers play to make everybody dance. There are sixty ethnic groups in Burkina Faso and each has its own traditional dance as Samogodon or wassolondon.

Cameroon marriage



Traditionally, the Cameroonian marriage alliance between two families or tribes. This is the family of the young man who chooses the one that will become their daughter. She will check in particular that there is no wizard in the family of the girl. During wedding ceremonies, dances, food, music and songs are everywhere.

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