COOL STUFF!
I
found that I related a lot with the Traditional Native American music and
dances. I come from a Mexican Catholic family, December 12th is a
big day for us. We celebrate a belief that a man encountered the Virgin Mary
and is Mexico’s patron saint. We usually hold Mass and in Mexico City they have
huge festivals and the indigenous people dance for the Virgin Mary as a form of
prayer. I remember talking about the Native Americans using dance as a form of
prayer or worship and I thought it was cool that it was very similar to Mexican
Tribal dances.
I
thought that the Kora was such a beautiful instrument and the music sounded so
pretty. It seemed like such a simply instrument but had so much depth and sound
I loved it. I decided to look up more music of the Kora being played and I
found this musician from West Africa, Sona Jobarteh. Sona the first female Kora
master to come from a West African Griot Family. I thought that was really neat
since we all are women here.
Another
thing that caught my attention was the Native American guy, I can not remember his
name but he took Traditional Native American music and chants and made them
into something new and different. I think that takes skills and creativity and
it blows my mind so I wanted to see if I could find more Native American
Artists who do that and I came across an article from PBS that talks about new
Native American Artist who are taking their music and adding a twist to it.
They have videos to the different genres and artist and there is one artist who
turned Alaskan tribal music into “Tribal Funk” and they wear mask and have cool
funky drum sounds. They have so many different music styles all coming from
these Traditional Native songs and that really cool.
That is great that you can relate to the Native Americans with dance because of your culture and upbringing. I also found the Kora to be a awesome instrument and used that in my blog. It is really interesting to find out things such as the first female Kora master you found.
ReplyDeleteTribal funk sounds like such a cool type of music and I'm not sure why this has not been introduced to pop culture. I also think that it is neat that you found a relationship between your own culture and Native American culture with the dances that are used for religious purposes.
ReplyDeleteI find it cool and interesting that, that is a way of worship because the churches I grew up in they are so quiet and soft. But if thats was to be in my church that would be so cool. Also I find it really cool that both of us found a women griot that plays the Kora.
ReplyDeleteI love how you get to celebrate something like that in your own culture. I bet the festivals are amazing, I've always wanted to attend and experience something like that!
ReplyDeleteIt's so neat that you can relate your experiences with native American dances! Dance as prayer seems to be a common theme in tribal music, from what I can see. I also think the kora sounds beautiful!
ReplyDeleteOh, I'm so glad you posted Sona Jobarteh! It seems I run across her every year, and I always love her music. The Native American fellow you were looking for (I think) goes by Supaman--he's got a youtube channel you can follow. Too, the video I showed the class is on Moodle.
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