About us Contact us
Holiday Workshops Accommodation Climate Health
Travel What to bring Fairtrade & Environment
Excursions Festival Dimbaya Links Abene News Projects
About us Contact us
Holiday Workshops Accommodation Climate Health
Travel What to bring Fairtrade & Environment
Excursions Festival Dimbaya Links Abene News Projects
Click on the name of this local troupe to find out more.
Wakily d'Abene
This very colourful dance troupe bases its music on traditional songs and dances from Casamance, mostly using the mandinka drum Seourouba. Also with mampara dancing. With Dimbaya and Mama Africa, it is the most popular group of the village, followed by children as well as elderly people!
Bernard Diatta, the founder of Mama Africa gathered the children of the Karoninke community of Abene and thanks to hard work and commitment brought to life the youngest troup of Abene. Mama Africa performs traditional ballets of Casamance.
Troupe de danse Allunkaw (Abene)
The dances performed by the group are typical from the Casamance region and originate from the Karoninke ethnie's tradition.
Bouly Diawara
"The Kora is a traditional instrument with a mystical origin. It was a gift from the Devil Dialy Mady Bouling Cissokho in a mystical place called Sani Mintering in Gambia (source: IFAN - Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire).
The kora, often called African harp, is an instrument traditionally handmade with 21 strings, a calabash usually covered with antelope skin."
Bakari Ole
Kankurang (Abene)
Kagneleng
Copyright (E & L Sonko)