The Zaouli is a sacred mask dancer from the Gouro’s tribe in the Ivory Coast . In fact he’s so sacred that, when he comes out, people await and he doesn’t stay long. His dance steps are precised and he doesn’t move around much ( like this guy did left and right)because every steps has a meaning. The black guys are certainly struggling artists in Europe and decided to imitate the Zaouli to gain momentum, but this one is a failure. He was kind of clowning around. My advice is you can get an idea from a culture and innovate create something different for monetary gain. But do not copy exactly that culture attributes and expose it as it’s a simple thing and own it. That become an insult and the dilution of their sacred rituals.
I’m from Côte d’Ivoire and zaouli is not a sacred mask in fact it’s a profane mask. But what you said was correct, they shouldn’t tried to appropriated it but appreciated it 😊
Je comprends ton ressentiment, oui j'ai vu (je suis un stupide français blanc de la métropole) le zaouli original, là on n'y est pas vraiment. Par contre, je vois dans ces danseuses, et dans le public, des blancs en admiration devant la beauté de la culture africaine, devant ce que la Côte d'Ivoire nous a apportée, et c'est ce qui importe le plus, il n'y a pas dans cette démonstration culturelle le mépris du colonisateur de nos ancêtres, mais l'admiration, la prise de conscience de la richesse de la culture africaine originelle, qu'il faut à tout prix protéger et valoriser. Voir ces "cons de blancs" tenter d'imiter (mal surement) l'art africain, devrait réjouir tous les africains.😍
Why not use it for entertainment? Dance is to entertain. UNESCO says "Zaouli plays an educational, playful and aesthetic role..." which doesn't seem to contradict a street performance in France.
Que lindo espectáculo, que hombre tan talentoso para bailar, se me van los pies por bailar con el ritmo que tienen, muy entretenido, sano espectáculo y por demás decir linda cultura la que muestra esta gente, no importa de que país sean simplemente espectacular su forma de danzar!!
Hasn't enough been taken from us already???!!!!! ..... What am seeing here?! Not one black face in the 'dance troop'! MY KINGS AND QUEENS: PLEASE stop giving away what is ours ..... There are no thanks for it .... There is no gratitude for it .... There is no real appreciation for it .... It's just something else to be stolen, plagiarised and claimed as belonging to anyone but us! Enough!
I must admit that I'm a non black person from Europe, who loves to watch african dancing especially the Zaouli. I myself have been teached some african dancing and drumming by african people, and I felt good while doing it, and thanks to this black friends, but I will never do it for money. I'm dancing because I love it. What about the Zaouli dancer? Isn't he a black man? This is a very difficult kind of dancing, and I guess that not many white people can do this.
@@willycoyote2866 willy just shut up! Authentic black dance is done by black people PERIOD! Just like people claiming to be triracial, it's mostly white people. You sitting there saying that you teach black people how to be black just like a typical lame,pasty,lazy ,mediocre white person. You white people are always inviting yourselves into black platforms until it gets diluted by non-black people. Get a life fool.
@@missrose5261 they aren't even doing it right, this isn't about being happy and enjoying it. This is literally another example of white people appropriating something. Their dance wasn't even impressive.
Omg whhhy...they work they're way into everyyything. EVERYTHING.🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️. The Zaouli is entertaining enough. I guess so... anyway, I hope they flipped a profit that day smh.
Personally these wemen just don't have enough grace to be backup for the lead male...he should make them understand that like him... spontaneity and vitality ... is more than trotting to the beat as if in a studio .
It's the same story, yts will take what was originally ours and make it their own. I won't be surprised if I see some yt person doing this on TikTok or something :/
People are denaturing our dance like this,you should at the source to know more about Zaouli.. this grimace you're doing there is not Zaouli but a simple trotting on a rythm of a drum which doesn't also give a song of Zaouli dance. Please 🥺🥺🥺 stop falsifying our culture like this,, please 🥺🥺 please 🥺🥺
La danza Zauoli es un prodigio digno de admirarse en todo el mundo. Ya salió de la aldea y comenzará a conquistar las Metropolis. No por ello deberá perder su esencia chamánica.
There are certain cultural expressions that are particular to a unique culture....Such is Zaouli....Let us leave this for the people of Cote d'ivoire because all else is a poor and weak expression of their glory. So what are some moments that even approach the majesty of Zaouli in Western culture? here is an example: ruclips.net/video/4YWPhmduSDQ/видео.html it is unique to the culture and times of the west and can't be imitated by any other culture effectively.
You can Leave Zaouli for the people of Côte d'Ivoire but you have no right to tell ZEDEKA what art forms they can practice. Artists should be encouraged to try new things. Why not this dance form? It's cool. You make Côte d'Ivoire look bad by being negative towards the performing arts.
Some French ladies dancing poorly doesn't damage anyone's culture. But all the hateful xenophobes in these comments make me think twice about a trip to the ivory coast...
*I absolutely love this.* It’s unfortunate to see so many comments against this especially since I am African. Our cultures are far too beautiful not to be shared as cultures should bring people of together not focus on creating a distinct separation. That focus on ownership/separation is exactly why racism exists; Due to a lack of understanding and exposure. *We are all African.*
Culture isn't meant to be shared. Racism exist because of colonialism. You're African, but you need to decolonize. Do you think that Japanese would agree if we did that with their culture ? No. And it's okay. But when it comes to us Africans we have to agree ?? Why ??
@@minaonyamsi1091 culture isn't meant to be shared 🤣 yet you wear shoes and western clothes. You use cars, telephones, internet, medicine. Stop sharing our culture you clown
The video was shot in Dijon. Known for that Mustard. In France. ( So, multiple culture and securalism) It was a street dance. You don't have to be black to be able to dance Zaouli. Even if, historically it's an celebrating African dance .
@@Lumpy121 its not zaouli stupid because its a sacred black dance for black people of africa. Does authentic French wine grown in America is French? No. So you lose.
How is this cultural appropriation? It's neither unacknowledged (the video is titled "Zaouli") nor inappropriate (it's a dance troop giving a public performance of a typically public dance form).
Si vous voulez qu'on respecte l'afrique il faut que vous même vous apprenons a nous respecter les frère ivoirien ,c'est quoi ce bêtise, c'est pas notre zaouli que je connait la
Envoutante Afrique, toujours connectée avec l'invisible. Le danseur masqué, c'est un esprit qui danse. Bravo aussi aux ballet des "white" qui s"en sortent très bien. La danse Zaouli est classée au patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO. Partout où ils se produisent, ils font un tabac. Bravo aussi aux percussionnistes. Surtout conservez votre culture. Elle a beaucoup à nous apprendre.
This why I love white people... They invented the internet so they can make a fool of themselves and show us lol... As for the zahouli well these entities know no boundaries let alone nationalities and borders
What does it mean Zaouli for you ? Are you from this part of africa where that dans is performed ? Can you read the steps of the dansers matching the rythmes ? I can attest that those women did a good performance.
@@pascalk5801 what are you attesting to? That authentic zaouli is done by black culture or that you're not of African culture but just being a natural idiot
@@paulhomsy2751 it's a sacred African dance being destroyed for white enjoyment. Just like Jesus a black man being destroyed by whites for their enjoyment. The point is that you're a I DIOT.
@@minaonyamsi1091 In the 1500s, during the Age of Exploration, Spain became the most powerful country in Europe and likely the world. This was due to their colonies in the Americas and the gold and great wealth they acquired from them. I am Spanish Ok? But that is a whole different subject.
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Sorry guys but this is not the Zaouli from Cote d'ivoire that i know and love.
I apologize for all those women it’s so embarrassing
@@mac7622 😆
Absolutely NOT Zaouli! You're right
The Zaouli is a sacred mask dancer from the Gouro’s tribe in the Ivory Coast . In fact he’s so sacred that, when he comes out, people await and he doesn’t stay long. His dance steps are precised and he doesn’t move around much ( like this guy did left and right)because every steps has a meaning. The black guys are certainly struggling artists in Europe and decided to imitate the Zaouli to gain momentum, but this one is a failure. He was kind of clowning around. My advice is you can get an idea from a culture and innovate create something different for monetary gain. But do not copy exactly that culture attributes and expose it as it’s a simple thing and own it. That become an insult and the dilution of their sacred rituals.
I’m from Côte d’Ivoire and zaouli is not a sacred mask in fact it’s a profane mask. But what you said was correct, they shouldn’t tried to appropriated it but appreciated it 😊
Yeah new world new age all are same now😁
True. They here trying to appropriate. These yt women should have sticked to zumba.
@@piaimecamara5402 that's when the world as we know it will vanish - according to an ancient sanskrit Indian prophecy.
Je comprends ton ressentiment, oui j'ai vu (je suis un stupide français blanc de la métropole) le zaouli original, là on n'y est pas vraiment.
Par contre, je vois dans ces danseuses, et dans le public, des blancs en admiration devant la beauté de la culture africaine, devant ce que la Côte d'Ivoire nous a apportée, et c'est ce qui importe le plus, il n'y a pas dans cette démonstration culturelle le mépris du colonisateur de nos ancêtres, mais l'admiration, la prise de conscience de la richesse de la culture africaine originelle, qu'il faut à tout prix protéger et valoriser. Voir ces "cons de blancs" tenter d'imiter (mal surement) l'art africain, devrait réjouir tous les africains.😍
Thousand, and thousand years of history, and this shameful #$$#$^
Zaouli dance is a 20th century creation. Not thousands of years.
Please protect this culture from missionaries 😭😭😭
Can't you see it's too late!
ABSOLUTELY. WHAT IN THE HELL, THE VAMPIRE'S DEAD SOUL IS ALWAYS HUNGRY.
Kill de missionaries...🤔?
And our from Africa
💔💔💔
This is supposed to be a sacred African dance. Why use it for entertainment???
Because it has gained such popularity. People enjoy seeing it.
greed came in as usual bro, they saw money so they can do anything
Aell out that's why.
Why not use it for entertainment? Dance is to entertain. UNESCO says "Zaouli plays an educational, playful and aesthetic role..." which doesn't seem to contradict a street performance in France.
It is everything but not Zaouli. You cannot dance the original Zaouli there. Ancestral Secrets must not been shared
Looks better when done on West African soil/sand
As if they haven't stolen enough...
What is this????? Why????
Que lindo espectáculo, que hombre tan talentoso para bailar, se me van los pies por bailar con el ritmo que tienen, muy entretenido, sano espectáculo y por demás decir linda cultura la que muestra esta gente, no importa de que país sean simplemente espectacular su forma de danzar!!
Hasn't enough been taken from us already???!!!!! ..... What am seeing here?! Not one black face in the 'dance troop'!
MY KINGS AND QUEENS: PLEASE stop giving away what is ours ..... There are no thanks for it .... There is no gratitude for it .... There is no real appreciation for it .... It's just something else to be stolen, plagiarised and claimed as belonging to anyone but us!
Enough!
I must admit that I'm a non black person from Europe, who loves to watch african dancing especially the Zaouli. I myself have been teached some african dancing and drumming by african people, and I felt good while doing it, and thanks to this black friends, but I will never do it for money. I'm dancing because I love it. What about the Zaouli dancer? Isn't he a black man? This is a very difficult kind of dancing, and I guess that not many white people can do this.
What are u seeing? I dont know, maybe happy ppl enjoying life and love to dance.The ppl who love diversity but u seen them as thieves how pettetic.
@@willycoyote2866 willy just shut up! Authentic black dance is done by black people PERIOD! Just like people claiming to be triracial, it's mostly white people. You sitting there saying that you teach black people how to be black just like a typical lame,pasty,lazy ,mediocre white person. You white people are always inviting yourselves into black platforms until it gets diluted by non-black people. Get a life fool.
@@missrose5261 they aren't even doing it right, this isn't about being happy and enjoying it. This is literally another example of white people appropriating something. Their dance wasn't even impressive.
Nobody "took" anything. When one candle lights another, its light is not diminished.
Cette Lise Malbec, elle illumine les rues de Dijon ! ! 🤗
Los mejores estan en africa...para bailar.
Some ppl have no shame.
Zaouli
Ivoiry cost
It makes me feel I'll when ever I watch this type of thing
We gotta stop teaching the wrong folks our stuff next thing you kno they gone sell the dance for a workout video 🙄
And they will get a patent for it as if they invented it.
@@ghirmaiyy Very true.
We are by nature givers, A good quality! Everybody will eventually look, act and listen to Africa. Let them plunder they are blind
You're right
I saw this video
Très beau de voir ça, c'est la tradition GOURO qui s'exporte ❤❤❤.
Spectacular ❤
Omg whhhy...they work they're way into everyyything. EVERYTHING.🤦🏾♀️🤦🏾♀️. The Zaouli is entertaining enough. I guess so... anyway, I hope they flipped a profit that day smh.
Come on Europe, please do not claim our culture. Enough of 300 years.
How does a dance troop doing a public dance performance constitute a "claim" on your culture?
@@jameswilliam8110those whites obviously made themselves apart of a history/ culture that they have no part of. So fascinated by us!
Personally these wemen just don't have enough grace to be backup for the lead male...he should make them understand that like him... spontaneity and vitality ... is more than trotting to the beat as if in a studio .
I agree. The women aren't really "dancers".
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I SALUTE you....BEST in the world. Thank you, thank you and thank you......swamhiji
Oh quelle beauté culturelle ! C 'est magnifique ce masque de la Côte d'Ivoire .Bravo
It's the same story, yts will take what was originally ours and make it their own. I won't be surprised if I see some yt person doing this on TikTok or something :/
wow, racist much?
People are denaturing our dance like this,you should at the source to know more about Zaouli.. this grimace you're doing there is not Zaouli but a simple trotting on a rythm of a drum which doesn't also give a song of Zaouli dance.
Please 🥺🥺🥺 stop falsifying our culture like this,, please 🥺🥺 please 🥺🥺
Had a feeling that it didn't seem right seeing this. I'm sorry that people are doing this too your dance.
as soon as I saw them white people i had to roll my eyes...this is terrible... the dude in the mask in an imposter at best
Where can I find the best examples on RUclips?
@@alimohammed4709 ruclips.net/video/8dI5u-w0P-g/видео.html and ruclips.net/video/0GrOKf5PNxA/видео.html like more typical
You are right on, it’s so embarrassing to watch.
La danza Zauoli es un prodigio digno de admirarse en todo el mundo. Ya salió de la aldea y comenzará a conquistar las Metropolis. No por ello deberá perder su esencia chamánica.
Amorei desde a primeira vez que vi. Em Brasília-DF, 06.06.2022.
Que bien, supongo que es una danza sagrada
Shame! It’s a sacred dance before our Ancestors and you give it to the big bellies annoyed tourists for some pennies euros 💶. Shame on you.
Shame on you for being xenophobic.
Seeing non-african people trying to do African traditional dance is painful 😑😑😑😑😑
I disagree. I think trying to embrace other cultures is great; it says, "we honor & admire your culture & want to learn about it."
There are certain cultural expressions that are particular to a unique culture....Such is Zaouli....Let us leave this for the people of Cote d'ivoire because all else is a poor and weak expression of their glory. So what are some moments that even approach the majesty of Zaouli in Western culture? here is an example: ruclips.net/video/4YWPhmduSDQ/видео.html it is unique to the culture and times of the west and can't be imitated by any other culture effectively.
Amen!!!!
You can Leave Zaouli for the people of Côte d'Ivoire but you have no right to tell ZEDEKA what art forms they can practice. Artists should be encouraged to try new things. Why not this dance form? It's cool. You make Côte d'Ivoire look bad by being negative towards the performing arts.
I watch one zaouli video and now my feed is all zaouli all the time 😅
Je suis Baoule née à Bouake: " ON NE DOIT PAS VULGARISER NOS DANSES ET MASQUES SACRÉS "
Please stop the madness with these Europeans
не одабряю чтоб европейцы учились этими танцами которые из покон веков были есть и их это святое!
Watching from uganda pearl of Africa
Definitely not Zaouli...this is really really bad...what are the white women doing in this thing?!?! The cultural significance of this is damaged.
Some French ladies dancing poorly doesn't damage anyone's culture. But all the hateful xenophobes in these comments make me think twice about a trip to the ivory coast...
A quand des danses régionales Bourguignonnes
Terrible
What kind of give away the culture crap is this?!?
Exactly
When one candle lights another, its light is not diminished
What a beautiful video. Beautiful dancer and his ladies. Fabulous ❤
the homage is appreciated white folks but let the professionals do it..the drums drive this dance
Wow 👏 j'adore 👌🥰❤️❤️❤️
*I absolutely love this.* It’s unfortunate to see so many comments against this especially since I am African. Our cultures are far too beautiful not to be shared as cultures should bring people of together not focus on creating a distinct separation. That focus on ownership/separation is exactly why racism exists; Due to a lack of understanding and exposure. *We are all African.*
Culture isn't meant to be shared. Racism exist because of colonialism. You're African, but you need to decolonize. Do you think that Japanese would agree if we did that with their culture ? No. And it's okay. But when it comes to us Africans we have to agree ?? Why ??
@@minaonyamsi1091 , exactly. I’m so offended by this.
@@minaonyamsi1091 culture isn't meant to be shared 🤣 yet you wear shoes and western clothes. You use cars, telephones, internet, medicine. Stop sharing our culture you clown
@@nessparadis6948 i'm offended by you being offended
@@rock07879 , 😂
We needn't to do this. We should stop giving wrong people out secret possessions.
PLEASE LEAVE OUR CULTURE ALONE DANG!!!!!
Woooooooow amazing 😍😍 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Zaouli the person does not move from the waste up leave Zaouli to those that keep the dance the same do not change and call it Zaouli
What kind of travesty is this??? When has this utter folly of European grasshoppers become known as an African dance.
wow, overt genocidal racism. Way to represent the absolute worst the ivory coast has to offer.
I commend these women for a job well done, but where are all the Black women who should be doing this dance?
The video was shot in Dijon. Known for that Mustard. In France. ( So, multiple culture and securalism) It was a street dance. You don't have to be black to be able to dance Zaouli. Even if, historically it's an celebrating African dance .
@@Lumpy121 its not zaouli stupid because its a sacred black dance for black people of africa. Does authentic French wine grown in America is French? No. So you lose.
Greaat more cultural appropriation.
How is this cultural appropriation? It's neither unacknowledged (the video is titled "Zaouli") nor inappropriate (it's a dance troop giving a public performance of a typically public dance form).
The blonde girl with orange skirt in the front is awesome. The best dancer🎉🎉🎉🎉
She was my girlfriend ! 😊
Long Time ago ! 🤷♂️
Appreciate the attempt. Long way to go though 👍🏽
Si vous voulez qu'on respecte l'afrique il faut que vous même vous apprenons a nous respecter les frère ivoirien ,c'est quoi ce bêtise, c'est pas notre zaouli que je connait la
Tres bien. J'ai trop honte pour nous les ivoiriens.
@@gokuson2778 he me disais bien. Sûrement u. Ivoirien qui vit dn Europe
Zaouli não é festa.
Aunque no sea zaouili original , agradezco que se divulgue la belleza cultural.
Sons of man have to learn everything from sons of God.
Black traditional dance way better. 👍🖤
Je suis intriguée par ce masque au sourire énigmatique !je le regarde souvent !😁!et les paons ont la même danse au moment des séductions 😉😁
Que espetáculo não canso de assistir, pura arte puro glamour digno dos deuses.
Shit.. those women spoil it, they do not enhance this
Um 🧐……….hmmmm. They could have left out the Becky’s and this would have been more enjoyable. It’s gonna be a hard culturally appropriated pass for me.
They created nasty energies
Arrête de mentir tu ne sais rien de cette danse
Africa.....Forever..... !!! ;-) ;-)
Es lindo y artístico me gusta
This dance is captivating, I could watch this forever! Wonderful dancers and players! Thank you for sharing this!
Très jolie c,est nôtre dans en côte d'ivoire
Envoutante Afrique, toujours connectée avec l'invisible. Le danseur masqué, c'est un esprit qui danse. Bravo aussi aux ballet des "white" qui s"en sortent très bien. La danse Zaouli est classée au patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO. Partout où ils se produisent, ils font un tabac. Bravo aussi aux percussionnistes. Surtout conservez votre culture. Elle a beaucoup à nous apprendre.
Je suis fière de vous
Yes!! beautiful mask and costume my friends.
They were terrible, trying to steal everything! Lawdy
A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle
This was painfully cringe to watch
He is not real zauoli dancer as I watched other original dances.
Nice effort though
That's a very hard surface for this dance, barefooted.
Meninada porreta, só!! Que os céus abençoe vocês pois essa energia é do homem!! Ala' Aca' e Acolá!!
What kind of dance is this ? Is it witch craft ? Or voo doo?
Zaouli
This why I love white people... They invented the internet so they can make a fool of themselves and show us lol... As for the zahouli well these entities know no boundaries let alone nationalities and borders
Those women don't really add to anything in this performance.
Super bacana , cultura africana , inimitável , parabéns zaoli
White dancer set down, set down
Very good, but a junior dancer at best.
🤨🤨🤨 sorry, but nobody like the sisters to dance this 🤷♀️
Ridiculous. This is not Zaouli. Watered down for Western eyes.
What does it mean Zaouli for you ? Are you from this part of africa where that dans is performed ? Can you read the steps of the dansers matching the rythmes ? I can attest that those women did a good performance.
@@pascalk5801 come on...
@@pascalk5801 what are you attesting to? That authentic zaouli is done by black culture or that you're not of African culture but just being a natural idiot
The real dancing spirit on the other hand was magical
What are those white women doing in the background ? 😂😂
There shouldn't be background dancers. Detracts from the meaning. Then again there was no story in this set.
Y can't anything this cool happen where I live
these white people will never leave us alone
Si viviera Michael Jackson se quedaría con la boca abierta al ver este personaje
Show.... parabéns!
The white girls should of let professional do it they were on poi t in the beginning but than they were all confused
I think you're confused. should have, not should "of". On point not on "poi t". They didn't seem confused to me.
@@paulhomsy2751 it's a sacred African dance being destroyed for white enjoyment. Just like Jesus a black man being destroyed by whites for their enjoyment. The point is that you're a I DIOT.
I think our friend Tomas is sexist and racist, in addition to being confused.
This is what happens when hot sauce turns to mayonnaise 🤨
Really?
I am speechless 😢 like why
Nothing to do better ?
From the US. I admire the French people, they do have a great sense of appreciation for what is good.
Foutaises.
The biggest colonizers. I know what I'm talking about.
@@minaonyamsi1091 In the 1500s, during the Age of Exploration, Spain became the most powerful country in Europe and likely the world. This was due to their colonies in the Americas and the gold and great wealth they acquired from them. I am Spanish Ok? But that is a whole different subject.
@@giggles8458 Do you know what France did and still doing in Africa ?
Yes French people are nice not the politicians
NO
Agreed
Looks and sounds very close to Bomba puertorigueña , from Loiza Puerto Rico ...🙂🙂🙂🤔🤔...
Хорошо поставлен танец, современно. Впервые вижу.
The dance is called - Zaouli
The white lady's they did a wonderful job..stop bashing them dancing is for everyone
No they didn't......really
Be quite dummy