Sikyi is a recreational music and dance of the youth of Ashanti. It originated in the 1920s but became very popular around Ghana's Independence in 1957. It is performed in the vein of Kpanlongo of the Ga of Accra and Boboobo of the Central and Northern Ewe of the Volta Region of Ghana. Sikyi is seen principally at social gatherings where the youth solely express themselves in courtship. Sikyi dance is flirtatious in character. Its characteristic form is the strutting and bobbing up and down and a display of theatrical elegance.
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