Congo Dance

Painting on cardboard, glued on a playtex board, framed, depicting the "Congo Dance" or "Moda [dance style] of S. Tomé" and identifying, according to the author's inscription in the upper left corner, the various characters that participate in this choreographic expression: the President or person in charge of the dance (nr. 1), the Captain, with a spear, who orders the dancers (nr. 2), the Guides (nr. 3) and the front Counter-guides (nr. 4); the center Guides (nrs. 5 and 6), the rear Counter-guides (nr. 7), the singing Angels (nr. 9), the Clowns, male and female (nr. 10 ), the fleeing Clowns (nr. 11); a Clown on horseback (nr. 13), the "Zugo-Zugo" (nr. 14), a Sorcerer (nr. 15), a Clown, fighting (nr. 16), the Executioner, fighting (nr. 17), the Friend of the Executioner (nr. 18), the Maid (nr. 19), the "Wooden Feet" (nr. 20) and the "Male and Female", players and people from the audience.