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Fontomfrom

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6m 44s
Title on Youtube:
Fontomfrom - Royal Music of the Akan People - Otumfuo Opuku Ware II - Ayie
Description on Youtube:
Excerpts from the Traditional Funeral of Otumfuo Opuku Ware II (Late Asantehene). Sunday, March 21, 1999 to Thursday, March 25, 1999. This is an excerpt from inside the Royal Palace of the Asante "Manhyia". The music and dance is called Fontomfrom. Fontomfrom are "State Drums" of the Asante people and they recite very ancient and deep proverbs. The dance is also a language which is also known to be extremely deep. Filmed in Kumasi, Ghana By Nana Kimati Dinizulu.