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Nzango At The 2015 African Games
Nzango (''English language, English: foot game'') is a local traditional playground dancing game that has its origin from Congo Republic and DR Congo. Practiced and played mainly by women for fun, the sport is a mixture of dance, singing, gymnastics and choreography performed in an energetic way. The game was demonstrated at the 2015 African Games, 2015 All Africa Games held in Brazzaville, West Congo. Manner of play Nzango is played by two opposing teams lined up and facing each other with individual members from each team taking turns in outplaying the other. It is played on a pitch measuring 8 metres by 16 metres, by teams of eleven players and six reserves who chant songs while clapping their hands. The start of a Nzango match begins with both teams choosing either the right foot or left foot referred to as the “attack foot”. The aim of a player is to simultaneously move forward on their attack foot preceded by aas their opponent does. The referee award points (feet) to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
