Abstract:
The problems related to the enhancement of our intangible cultural heritage in general and our
traditional dances in particular are enormous and constitute a shortfall for tourism in Benin
localities: Porto-Novo including the capital. And yet the community lives in a specific cultural
and natural environment that remains an important source of its socio-economic and cultural
development. This study aims to highlight the importance of traditional dances, the expression of
emotions, freedom and the joy of living and folklore for tourism and local development of the
city.
The methodology adopted focuses on desk research and field surveys. Moreover, after the field
work and counting, it appears that in Porto-Novo, several types of traditional dances are
practiced grouping the "adjogan", the "djègbé", the "zinlin", the "kpanouhoun", the
"Massègohoun", the "kaka", the "ogbon" and the "èyo". But tourists visiting the capital are
hardly met in cultural venues that highlight traditional dances due to lack of communication.
Finally, for the development of traditional dances by tourism in Porto-Novo, activities related to:
traditional dance competitions, voodoo festivals, festivals, training of young people on traditional
dances, initiation of children to dances schools and the creation of traditional dance training
centers should therefore be promoted |
