Friday, January 7, 2011

Cool Stuff no.1

Here's the usual repetition, vocables, and voice timbre, but this time, the Navajo are doing a hoop dance to the music! They are telling a story by shaping different animals with hoops. Like the man in the video said, they are "honoring the circle of life".


After hearing the Native American flute, I couldn't get its peaceful and natural sound out of my head! I was interested in how the flute is made, so I looked it up. The guy in the video made the Native American flute out of bamboos that he found along the beach of South Viet Nam. The fact that it took place in Viet Nam makes it all the more reason for me to put it up. This is one of those it's-not-easy-as-it-looks things.

Since the embed code is disabled:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PXRkUyeUvY


African celebrations like baby naming and wedding always seem to involve dancing and drumming, which I think is way more fun than having conversations at a formal dining table.

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3 comments:

  1. BreanneJanuary 10, 2011 at 3:48 PM

    The Native American hoop dance is amazing! There is no way that I could ever do that! It's also really neat to see.

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  2. Canceled BlogJanuary 10, 2011 at 6:02 PM

    I really enjoyed the hoop dance, I wish I could move that fast. I agree with the African Wedding being a whole lot mroe entertaining than the usual American wedding that doesn't have tribal dancing. :) Hope you had a wonderful day in the snow!

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  3. Kelly McElrath VanemanJanuary 12, 2011 at 7:15 PM

    Neat videos, Annie. That's so interesting that you found a video of the making of a Native American flute that used materials from Viet Nam. And I agree, I wish we had more dancing and less table-sitting at our gatherings!

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