BLACK Bones, a Nigeria cultural troupes at the just-concluded African Cultural Festival held in caracas, Venezuela, made the country proud as they held spectators to the venue spell bound with captivating cultural performance.The event featured acts from several African and South American countries in a deliberate bid to re-establish cultural links between both continents.The Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC) jointly sponsored the Nigerian cultural troupe, 'Black Bones' and the government of Venezuela to represent Nigeria at the event and the group did not disappoint by practically outshining other countries with breathtaking performances at several venues in the city of Caracas.The NTDC's input to the event is in fulfillment of its mandate to sell Nigeria's rich cultural heritage to the world using such platforms as the annual African Cultural Festival in Venezuela, which commenced in 2009.Nigeria's showing at the week-long event will not be forgotten in a hurry by both participants and guests alike as the 'Black Bones' cultural troupe, adorned in rich cultural attires reflecting Nigeria's diverse traditions, presented superlative display of indigenous songs with local percussion, dance and stunts all synchronising perfectly to tell the Nigerian story.The group entertained by rendering sublime tunes from several ethnic nationalities that makes up Nigeria accompanied by sophisticated dance routines leaving visitors from several countries breathless with excitement and appreciation.Emulating their Nigerian counterparts, the trio from Senegal, 'Bidew Boubes' also rose to the occasion armed with the popular Senegalese attire and powerful vocals rendering several peculiar Senegalese songs to the admiration of the crowd who responded with intermittent cheers.Another group that did Africa proud was The Gambia's 'Humanity Stars' who excited the audience with energetic dance steps accompanied with spectacular lyrics rendered in local dialect that did not deter the enjoyable presentation executed masterfully to celebrate the best from the west African country.The event featured an even mix of several African and South American countries with both representatives jostling to display their rich cultural potential through the combined instrumentality of music and dance.The Brazilian representation made up of young women was awesome given their unique hairstyle; costume and samba dance all combining dutifully to reflect an aura of the mystic essence of the Brazilian heritage.The Ballet group 'Ochun' from Cuba gilded in colourful outfits, entertained with enchanting melodies and beautiful dance steps making a strong statement that Cuba was not only good in lightweight boxing, but also cultural representation.Not wanting to be outstripped by its visitors from Africa and its fellow South American countries, the Host, Venezuela set the stage ablaze as soon as it mounted it performing a scintillating combination of songs and dance routines from the Latin America genre of Salsa, Quickstep, Cha-cha and Rumba to the delight of all in attendance.
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