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When photographer Michelle Yoyo was in Africa, what was the name of the dance that African blacks danced for her?

African dances spread all over the continent, from the Sahara desert to the Gulf of Guinea, from vast forests to thorny bushes. As long as there are religious ceremonies and festivals in Africa, there must be music and dance activities. Music and dance activities are an important part of African black life. When you come to the African continent, not only bright and dazzling sunshine and tall and green tropical plants are displayed in front of you, but also those charming jungle horns and thrilling African dances.

Africans are hospitable, and they are full of curiosity about all outsiders. Michelle Yuyo, a professional photographer in France, took his wife and two cameras and drove an off-road vehicle to Africa to collect scenery. When they came to a village far away from Cameroon, all the black women in the village immediately surrounded Michelle's wife, a white woman. The black woman was "in a coma, crouching in a circle in front of her, her adorned lips muttering, and words of admiration and praise poured out with the sound of metal collision." The hospitable African blacks danced a religious sacrifice dance "Tree Dance" for them. Michelle described the process of the dance:

One after another, people who were ready to join the ball came ... the whole Farley tribe formed a long line along the foot of the mountain and danced around the tree. Everyone in the neighboring village was locked up and came to watch. ..... Slowly, the dance began to show organized norms. Every dancer has stood in the designated position, and in these collective ceremonies, every independent person can become a star who can show himself to the maximum extent, which is very rare. Only a large number of masked dancers-no one knows who is dancing below them-occupy the dominant position, but like everyone else, they must obey the whole dance process and rhythm, which is dominated by music step by step.