“The dress of the Quinceanera makes her appear to float as if an angel upon a cloud.” (bellaonline) The actual ceremony of a Quinceanera consists of the giving of gifts bought by her family, such as a tiara, a ring, a bracelet, earrings, a bible, and a rosary. “They show your acceptance by God, the church, and those in the church as being a woman.” (quinceanerainfo) Each present symbolizes a meaning. The tiara represents the becoming of a woman. The bracelet represents the never-ending circle of life. Having the main ceremony normally in a church, the reception is where the fun begins.
This painting was finished in 2000. The painting is a bark painting and the materials used for the painting were natural pigments painted on flattened eucalyptus bark. The techniques used were cross hatching, bark flattening, passing down the techniques and knowledge of Aboriginal painting and geometric design. The size of the painting is 157 x 63 cm, which is considered irregular. The bark painting Yawkyawk is a picture of a girl who has a fishtail.
Until this time in the evolutions of musical instruments, melody was common only in singing. Similar to the process of reduplication in language, instrument players first developed repetition and then arrangement. An early form of melody was produced by pounding two stamping tubes of slightly different sizes—one tube would produce a "clear" sound and the other would answer with a "darker" sound. Such instrument pairs also included bullroarers, slit drums, shell trumpets, and skin drums. Cultures who used these instrument pairs associated genders with them; the "father" was the bigger or more energetic instrument, while the "mother" was the smaller or duller instrument.
For this ceremonial the girls wear special dresses embroidered with beads of various colors, depending on the girls ethnicity she may wear normal or knee high moccasins, skirts encrusted with cone-shaped jingles, made from food cans similar to the ones that are tied with string to the bumper of the car of the traditional American newlyweds. Each girl also wears
Music, dance and story telling are among the forms of art that have been kept century after century in Africa. Everyday life activities in traditional Africa included music and many other cultural experiences. Music and dance were traditions that characterized an African musical expression and played an important role in the lives of the people.The traditional music of Africa possessed a distinguishing feature of rhythmic complexity like no other continent. Music was highly functional in ethnic life, accompanying birth, marriage, hunting and even political activities.Before the 20th century, music was very different when compared to the 21st century music. Special occasions owned a distinctive type of African music.
During the Pow Wow the drum is surrounded by 4 or more singers who beat the drum to symbolize the unified heartbeat of all present. “The pow wow is a living cultural expression of song, dance, and art which brings people together, and through the drum, reminds us of our connection to Mother Earth.” -Harold Flett Along with the beating of the drum, the singing of those who beat the drum, the people wear traditional garb and have several types of styled dances. Round/Circle Dance, Straight Line Dance, Slide/Shuffle Dance, Stomp Dance,
Hula in Hawaii is everywhere you go. A. The orgins of hula are a legend, the history as passed on from generation to generation. B. These legends describe the adventures of Hi'iaka, who danced to please her fiercy and enraged sister Pele.
December twelve is the day Aztec dancer’s worship our Lady of Guadalupe, on this day Aztec dancers from all over the country perform since early in the morning on their local church in front of multitudes. To be an Aztec dancer you don’t need to be a certain age as long as you have the physical ability to move to the beat of the music and the will you are good enough, many dancer begin at an early age. The uniform they utilize consists of a big peacock like feather hat and handmade bead vest with peculiar designs and handmade leather sandals referred to as “guaraches” and they also have a maraca like ankle bracelet. They use drums flutes and maraca like instruments. The attire utilized by the Pow-wow culture and by the Aztec dancers is very similar because they could both make music with their uniform.
The African tradition of decorating the body both enhances one’s beauty and gives a person a higher status in their tribe” (African). Although African body art and scarification fuels many prejudices about the African people from the outside world, body art has existed as an important aspect of African history that allows self-expression in various tribes because forms of body decoration have existed for over five thousand years. Body art has existed as an important aspect of African history because of the many styles of body decoration that exist. Africans use scarification, body paint, mud coloring, body piercing, and lip disks to embellish their bodies. Scarification, also known as “The Proud Mark”, describes the art where a person marks his or her skin in decorative patterns.
Kayla Hall Prof. Ford English 1010 March 1, 2011 Which do you think is better; Twirling a baton and dancing to music, or shaking pom-poms yelling "LET'S GO TEAM!" At Tri-Cities High School you will definitely have to pick a side. “At this time will all students please move to the gym so we can start our first pep rally of the year.” By hearing these words on the loud speaker we knew the competition is on at Tri-Cities High School. What competition you ask? The Cheerleaders verse The Majorettes.