Limbo
The limbo was done at wakes for nine nights. This dance was brought into prominence by Julia Edwards who changed the dance from a dance to release the spirit of the dead to one of a “feat” to discover “how low you could go” by bending under a bar/stick.
Bongo
The dance is done to honor the dead. The dance originates in West Africa where death is not mourned and it is believed that the deceased has joined his/her ancestors. They are usually done at wakes and happens in the compound of the family of the deceased.
Kalinda
Kalinda can be describes as a stick fighting dance or stick-play. The stick-men or bois-men use attack and defence in a competitive show of masculine prowess and employs the use of fast footwork much like a boxer in the ring.
‘Nation Dances’
The emigration of people of African descent from the Grenadines was brought to Trinidad and enriched the folklore through the traditional dances: Koromantee or Cormanti from the Ashanti of Ghana, Congo Dance from the Congo, Ibo Dance from Nigeria, Manding from the Mandingoes of Senegal, Rada from the Dahomey and Temne from Sierra Leone.
