Ishangi Family Dancers
Since we loved the Ishangi family dancers from SO much we composed these paragraphs in writing groups on the Ishangi family. Read on to find out more about the amazing assembly we saw during Morse Heritage Week!
Filed under Memoirs | Comment (0)African Heritage
By Will, Willa, Jimmy, Lena We saw a show with people from Ghana, Africa. They were the Ishangi family dancers. We are writing more to tell you about their heritage. The schools are very small and kids have to work a lot. Kids come in early to clean up the school because there are no [...]
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By Samantha, Leslie, Noel We went to see the Ishangi family presentation. They showed us stories from Ghana by dancing. It was so exciting to see the laundry dance because a little girl had a giant laundry bag balanced on her head! I was wondering if it was heavy or not. During one song that [...]
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By Payge and Arianna The main idea is about the favorite things of the Ishangi family and their people. The people balanced laundry on their heads. They are very good at balancing! We enjoyed the loud drums. They had lots of rhythm. They sang a song called Che Che Koolay. It is a good song [...]
Filed under Arianna, Payge | Comment (0)Musical Instruments from the Ishangi Family
By Malik, Christian, Elina The Ishangi family dancers have lots of instruments to play. The drums have a strong beat. The little kids use the drum sticks to bang on the drums. The adults play hard and fast using drum sticks or their hands. They use animal skins and wood to make their drums. The [...]
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