Beyond The Classroom Blog Assignment
For the Native American culture, I chose to talk about grass dancing at a powwow. I was looking into powwows and I saw that there were over nine different types of dancing. Grass dancing, which is a type of men's dancing, caught my attention. It caught my attention because of the cool outfit’s the people wear. From the first link I linked, I learned that this dance was originally a warrior dance that has evolved over the years into a more competitive northern style. They believe the dance originally came from young boys tying grass around their waists. The outfits have since been transformed by adding a lot of feathers and beads for sound. The outfits are accompanied by beating and stomping to show the strength of the warriors too. Here is a video that showcased more of the dance. For the Andean culture, I chose to look more into their instruments and the music that goes with them. I played the saxophone in the fifth grade so I was curious ...