WALA DRUM & DANCE ENSEMBLE PRESENTS WALA: IS LIFE
Fri, 13 Oct
|Bar Oussou
Get ready for the infectious energy of WALA – 10 powerful traditional handmade drums, flutes, soaring vocals, stunning costumes and more!
Time & Location
13 Oct 2023, 10:00 pm – 14 Oct 2023, 1:00 am
Bar Oussou, 653 Sydney Rd, Brunswick VIC 3056, Australia
About the event
🌺 WALA DRUM & DANCE ENSEMBLE PRESENTS WALA: IS LIFE @ BAR OUSSOU! 🌺
WALA are a traditional West African drum and dance ensemble from Ghana, bringing to a stage a firing powerful performance of 10 drums played with hands, feet and sticks, soaring vocal harmonies that brings everyone to dance and celebrate life! 🤸💐
Get ready for an evening with WALA as they perform traditional Ghanaian Highlife rhythms and Palm Wine songs! An assortment of 10 powerful traditionally handmade drums will be playing polyrhythms, accompanied by flutes, souring vocals and stunning costumes. Their infectious energy will captivate your attention and have you dancing non-stop – and still wanting more! 💃🤩
WALA DRUM & DANCE ENSEMBLE: 🪘
WALA is an awe inspiring West African drum and dance ensemble from Ghana, with 20 years experience touring Australia and internationally, bringing to the stage a powerful dynamic performance of 10 drums played with hands, feet and sticks, souring vocal harmonies, shakers, flutes, and high energy dancing, fusing traditional Ghanaian (West African) music, with their own original arrangements. WALA ́s music, songs, and dances are a homage to their ancestors and cultural history, depicting the life and soul of their culture. They will be playing traditional rhythms and Palm Wine songs that forms the basis of Ghana ́s Highlife music. An energetic performance that will get you dancing non stop and wanting more. 🌍