What Was a Major Function of Music, Dance, and Poetry

question 5

Multiple Choice

What was a major function of music, dance, and poetry in chiefdom societies?

• A) to provide entertainment and comic relief for the chief and his family
• B) to pay homage to the legitimacy of the chiefs and their ancestral deities
• C) to enable the lower classes to have an outlet for their hostilities that did not threaten the chiefs
• D) to enhance the status of the chiefdom in relation to other chiefdoms in the area