All around the island natives were singing dancing and playing instruments. The natives were also skilled in the art of fire knife dance. This was only something that I have seen only on TV and for the first time I am watching in person. The entire trip was a culture event. Samoan Culture My first stop was the Polynesian Culture Center home of the Samoan Fire Knife Dance award winning Ali’I Luau. The 42-acre Polynesian Cultural Center has the largest night show. The show features more than one hundred
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THE KIKUYU PEOPLE …………………………….4 1.2 WEDDING CELEMONIES……………………………………………..4 2.0 A LOOK IN TO AGIKUYU TRADITIONAL WEDDING…………4 2.1 NJURIO _ (proposal)……………………………………………………4 2.2 KUHADA ITHIGA _ (planting the ‘spear’)............................................5 2.3 RURACIO – (Dowry)…………………………………………………...5 2.3.1 BEHIND THE LESO…………………………………………………..6 2.4 NGURARIO _ (MARRIAGE CEREMONY)………………………………………7 2.4.1 EVE OF THE WEDDING……………………………………………..7 2.4.2 WEDDING DAY………………………………………………………..7 2.4.3 EVENING
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A WINTER WONDERLAND WEDDING Event Description After consulting with our clients, it was determined that the bride and groom wanted a wedding to rival all weddings. They had an ideal budget, but were willing to be flexible if it meant having the wedding of their dreams. The main focus for the bride and groom was their theme, A Winter Wonderland. For the wedding ceremony, the bride and groom wanted to be outdoors with a beautiful backdrop. Following the ceremony, they wanted to host a cocktail
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instrumental, dance. In some cultures, all these characteristics are combined where generally, vocal, dance and theater are separate. i.e: Flamingo Culturally specific activity Labels emblematic of the activities (contextualized in time and space) Folk, traditional, popular, art World Music? Peter Gabriel/ Paul Simon. Collaborating with artists outside of popular music. In the 80s, World Music was known as the collaboration with others. Zulu girls perform wedding song/dance. (Central Africa)
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I continue to work waitstaff at the Davians Event and Conference Center to this day. Of all the different types of events I work at, weddings continue to stand out as my favorite. Weddings captivate me because each one exemplifies the joys and passions of life. The guests forget the negative experiences for one night, and just enjoy themselves. When working a wedding, I cannot help but forget all the stresses of my everyday life and enjoy the change of atmosphere. The hard physical labor that I perform
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Lumnay reacted almost violently. | Awiyao said, “Go out- go out and dance. If you really don’t hate me for this separation, go out and dance. One of the men will see you dance well; he will like you dancing, he will marry you…” | B.3 Climax | They’re conversation got even worse when Lumnay proposed that she should die. | Lumnay said, “Awiyao, Awiyao, my husband. I did everything to have a child. Look at my body. It could dance; it could work fast in the fields; it could climb the mountains
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Phil Theater Arts In many forms, theater was and still an effective medium to promote social awareness, as a means of entertainment and a liberal way to express one’s opinion. Most places in the Philippines have their own town fiestas flaunted with festivities and shows. During holy week, people stage the cenaculo- a theatrical presentation of the passion of Christ, and the moro-moro or comedia that relates to Christian and Muslim conflict. Some towns perform zarzuela, a Philippine version of Spanish
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“THE STORY OF A DREAM” In New Jersey, lived a 10-years-old girl, named Carla, with her parents and her grandparents. Her grandpa is always telling invented stories by himself using things from the past and from the present. One day Carla was very sick and her grandpa to cheer her begins to tell her one of his stories because she liked them a lot. In a kingdom far away, on the outskirts of a town called Stone, because it was where you could find the most beautiful stones in the whole country
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Ezinihitte Igbo community formed here in Southern California, this is a phrase often used to encourage our community to fundraise for those in need in our hometown in Ezinihitte, Nigeria. In our culture, when celebrants or performers dance at events such as weddings, fundraisers, or graduation parties they get money tossed on them, and the money is either the celebrant’s to keep or in the case of fundraising, gets donated for a particular cause. When it came time for our community to hold a convention
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Stage Size _______________ Backdrop Size _________________ Dance floor Size _______________ entrance decor in line with theme hall masking table decor and chair tie backs MC to co‐ordinate the evening D.J With Console , Sound , Lights Fire Dancer to Entertain Guests African Acrobads Bollywood Troop Dance Light effects for theme Qty Rate Amount C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 D 13 LED light effects for masking, ambience and props 14 truss & intelligent lights for dance floor such as moving heads, scanners and beams
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