News available on JhuxtelloItech.com states that the Paramount Chief of Anfoega Traditional Area, Togbe Tepreh Hodo IV, has put a ban on [a traditional twerking dance] popular known as borborbor dance in his area of jurisdiction.
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The dramatic incident took off at a durbar of chiefs during the Easter celebrations at Anfoega Akukome on Saturday, April 16, 2022 as quotted by one news agency
According to sources, he lost his cool at a recent event, snatched the microphone from the emcee, chastised a group of Borborbor dancers who engaged in twerking, and cautioned them not to "perform this kind of dance in our midst ever again."
According to the reporter, the program was going on smoothly until this choreography group was called to stage and messed up things.
While the dancers were engrossed in moving their waists and backsides to the rhythm and good tunes, the Master of Ceremony (MC) suddenly and surprisingly asked them to stop the performance.
However, baffled by the emcee’s signal to them, the determined dancers ignored the instruction and continued.
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Apparently, their dress and dance moves were deemed provocative by the traditional leaders, hence the instruction for them to end the performance.
Since the dancers defied the order, Tepreh Hodo IV himself stood up, broke the protocol by grabbing the microphone from the emcee, and then ordered the dancers to exit the stage.
"There is a protocol, but I am going to break it." This kind of dancing is not tolerated here. "Never come back to conduct this kind of dance in our midst," he said in the local dialect, according to thenewsroomonline.com.
Some local people who approved of the chief’s decision expressed reservations about how some young people have sought to change the face of ‘borborbor’ with what the indigenes refer to as inappropriate dancing styles.
Borborbor is an Ewes' traditional dance from the Volta Region's middle belt. It has been around for a long time and frequently features beautiful choreography that draws large crowds. Both men and women perform it during public gatherings, with the latter executing rhythmic gestures such as violently shaking their backsides.
source:ghpage.com