Nigerian dancing is just a smaller part of African dance culture. Nigerian dance is lively and full with lots of energy. Dancing and music are combined in the culture. There are many different type of dances which include a wide variety. For instance, there is war dance, acrobatic dance, the maiden dance, masquerades, and many more. The dances are well known for the movement in their torso and limbs which is controlled by the rhythm of music. Nigerian traditional dances usually expresses situations, emotions, sentiments, and beliefs and they have a connection to human activity. Dances also represent events that have happened like birth, harvest, thanksgiving, success and many more.  The type of dancing depends on a musical instrument like the African talking drum, flute, Shekele, which is round wooden ball with beads around it, and the Picolo which is like another type of flute. As I stated earlier in the paragraph, music and dancing are paired together. These musical instruments are used to play music and these are what they dance to. Dancing is a main part of entertainment in Nigeria and it remains that way today.