Rwanda Cultural Night..part 1

My first time ever....enjoying a live African cultural show...this time from Rwanda.

Even the first opening dance was enough to make me understand a bit about Rwandan culture^^

Well...it's about how ladies take their shares in social life in Rwanda.

Each girl is carrying a kind of household stuffs made out of special grass..I learned.

The essential colors are...as seen in their attire...yellow...green...



...and blue....which are also featured in the national flag.

..the music was getting louder and its rhythm reminded me that..." yes...this is an African music" that I wanted to see live.

...with the male dancers on each side...the female dancers were getting even more enthusiastically in rhyme...

...oh I loved the way they kept on smiling all through the dance.

Yes...it's quintessentially African....Rwandan dance in this case.

Bravo to "Umucyo Dance Troop"

Orientation for 2011 KGSP Scholarship Student (part 4)

After a series of lecture on Korea's Success Story from Prof. Kim Byoung Kwan from Ajou University, we were presented with a series of Korean cultural shows. It was a good thing that some of the performances did highlight the pinnacles of Korean traditional and modern cultures, in this case through dances.
A dance with samulnori (사물놀이)musical instruments, e.g. janggu (장구); a dance with traditional fans (fan dance, 부채춤) were only some of the shows being presented.

I think most of us did enjoy it since most of us did not yet have any previous experiences of seeing the live performances of Korean dances.
I think this was pretty much helpful to give a preliminary hint of what we may come up with during our stay in Korea. The songs and ambiance that accompanied the show were typically suited to the ear of first listeners, except the loud songs of samulnori percussion that for some may be deafening if they had no prior experience of seeing them being played. But, it was a good that the performance did up to the standard.