THE TIV INGYÔUGH DANCE PERFORMANCE
1 Department of Theatre Arts Benue State University Makurdi
* Corresponding author: siorngurum@gmail.com
* Corresponding author: siorngurum@gmail.com
Abstract
Traditional dance is one of the oldest groups of art forms
among the Tiv people. Despite its age, it is still enjoyed
across the society, having a great audience appreciation and
of course, participation. However, a pertinent challenge is
that out of the dozens of dances performed in Tivland, only
an insignificant number of them have literatures about them
and worst of it all is that they are not documented in visual
forms (photography and video). This research is based on
data gathered through interactive focus group discussion
(FGD) by the author. This was after a visual documentation
exercise of the Tiv Ingyôugh dance put together as a
documentary film. The paper is designed to provide some
written literature on this traditional dance as one indigenous
performance that has truly documented a traditional
practice in Tiv society. The paper concludes that without
the Ingyôugh dance performance, majority of present day
Tiv people alive would not know that there was a
kwashiorkor epidemic in Tivland in the past.
Keywords
Ingyôugh-Dance
performance
aesthetics
indigenous performance
culture
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How to Cite
IORNGURUM, D. S. (2023). THE TIV INGYÔUGH DANCE PERFORMANCE. Humanity - Jos Journal Of General Studies, 14(1), 135-143. https://doi.org/10.67862/hjjgs.2023.ttm3wtd2
D. S. IORNGURUM, "THE TIV INGYÔUGH DANCE PERFORMANCE," Humanity - Jos Journal Of General Studies, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 135-143, January 2023. doi: 10.67862/hjjgs.2023.ttm3wtd2
