SACRED DANCES OF THE DEITY AKPLA, OF THE GA PEOPLE OF KPONE TOWNSHIP, GHANA... THE GA HAVE/SHARE ANCESTRY/ROOTS WITH ILÉ-IFẸ̀ IN YORÙBÁ LAND AND BENIN CITY, NIGERIA...
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THIS AKPLA PRIESTESS CHANGED COSTUMES AT LEAST FIVE TIMES THROUGH A SERIES OF TRANCE INDUCED CONTINUOUS DANCES OF OVER TWO HOURS...
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This dance activity and many more is part of a series of rites for the grand finale of Homowo (hooting at hunger) festival across Ga Communities of Ghana...through August and September.
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Akpla KUSUM (Dances in praise of Akpla). Nii Bortey wrote; "There are other Deities within Kpone Township. Some are as follows Aya, Klan and Ọ̀sá ú, Gao, Akpo Dingla, Tsawe Otrome, Nadu among others"...
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Most of the time when female Priestesses go topless in trance is likely because they're in service of a masculine Deity...
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