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“Everything flows, out and in; everything has its tides; all things rise and fall; the pendulum-swing manifests in everything; the measure of the swing to the right is the measure of the swing to the left; rhythm compensates.”– The Kybalion.

FOLI - A Short Documentary

For the Malinke, a tribe from West Africa the normal day to day tasks are invariably imbued with a sense of rhythm. They even have a word for it, FOLI.
Thomas Roebers, an independent filmmaker from Amsterdam, directed "FOLI" a short film that portrays the people of Baro, and their amazing culture of rhythm. So for this #danceweekend created by @uwelang, I want to share this short documentary that I love and viewed so many times during the past years. It always amazes me, not only the FOLI that Malinke live in, but also the way Thomas Roebers captures and edits it.
A nice weekend to all 🙃

Life has a rhythm, it's constantly moving.
The word for rhythm ( used by the Malinke tribes ) is FOLI.
It is a word that encompasses so much more than drumming, dancing or sound.
It's found in every part of daily life.
In this film, you not only hear and feel rhythm but you see it.
It's an extraordinary blend of image and sound that
feeds the senses and reminds us all
how essential it is.

Music is an explosive expression of humanity!