|
Let us hear your
views
|
||
|
|
Pan At Botswana Independence On September 30, Botswana celebrated 37 years of independence from Great Britain. The audience was entertained to some two to three hours of the usual pomp and ceremony which included military displays, a fly-past, traditional dancing and singing, the oral tradition, marimbas among others.
This year,
however, there was an extra treat with the appearance of the Marang
Junior Secondary School. Two (2) years ago the students made a
surprise showing with a startling display of moko jumbies (stilt
walkers/dancers) at the national stadium. This time, however, they
went one step further. Apart from the thirty odd moko jumbies they
danced to their own rhythm of the steelband which their fellow
students carried around their necks just for the occasion.
Thanks to their
teacher - Hollis Clifton - who brought the instruments all the way
from Trinidad and Tobago, the birth place of pan - the only musical
instrument to have been invented since the last century.
|
|
|
Other
Stories
- Headlines
-
Talk To Us
|
||
