Thursday, January 29, 2009
Traditional Dance
On my last night, the children treated me to dances they practice and perform frequently for visitors. The dance with the skirt ( made from feed bags) is done to a hymn, despite its apparent sensuality. The dancers wear a belt of hundreds of bottle caps under the white skirt and throw their hips back and up creating a fantastic jangle to accompany the voice and drumming. The shoulder dance, my favorite, done on the knees, also is a hymn. I tried and was terrible at it, but got alot of laughs. Strangely, for what is called traditional dance, both have a lead with a whistle and are done with many rotations to the timing of the whistle.They are hypnotic. The concert, including the two last choir numbers, lasted about one hour.
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