In Bèlè, a man and woman show off their dance skills as a “chantuelle” sings lyrics and a “lavway” sings a chorus. A drum is played by a “bwate” who beats a drum with two sticks or ‘ti bwa”. The name comes from the French seeing the dance perform the dance and naming it Belair which became Bèlè. Drums were banned by colonial policy and despite this the tradition went on.
The Bèlè is sometimes happy and sometimes sad but the performance and the belief in tradition goes on, in the name of what fertility can bring to human life. The Bèlè is much less popular than it was once but it is today preserved and through it life continues.
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