Fill in the missing information in the following outline of the Agebekor performance described by the author
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Introduction
• adzo short sections—dancers sang songs in free rhythm
Main Section
•vutsotsoe—fast drumming (fast-paced songs)
• atsiawo—preset figures of song and dance. The first sequence honored ancestors
• approximately ten more atsiawo—performed drum and dance sequences (compositions or "styles")
Adzokpi Section
- group members came forward in pairs or small groups to dance in front of the lead drummer
• "the lead drummer then returned to group styles. Soon, he signaled for a break in the action by playing the special ending figure."
Break
• During the break the group's leaders pour a libation, a ceremonially pouring of water and liquor onto the earth "to call upon the deceased members of the dance [group] to give their blessings."
Performance resumed
• vulolo—slow drumming (slow-paced songs), the processional section of Agbekor
• vutsotsoe—up-tempo section (fast-paced songs)
• adzokpi—the "solos" section
- "After a brief rest, they did another sequence of group figures at slow and fast pace, followed by individual display. . . .
- Although a performance of Agbekor follows a definite pattern, it is not rigidly formalized."
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