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Doris Green & Tracy Snipe - N’Deup
Identifier
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Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
A description of the experience
Doris Green Traditional Dance in Africa
From African Dance – edited by Kariamu Weish Asante
there are dances of possession and dances that are used for the purpose of ‘exorcising evil spirits’ and curing the sick. A popular dance of this nature is called ‘N’Deup’
Tracy D Snipe – African Dance: Bridges to Humanity
From African Dance – edited by Kariamu Weish Asante
Geoffrey Gorer notes that the women in the ‘Church of the Holy Spirit’ performed a dance strikingly similar to the M’Deup and spoke ‘in tongues’ afterwards. The M’Deup was a trance dance most commonly performed by women in Senegal.