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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHDvwWBJ0NQ

The link above is a link of slow Agbekor.

We've talked about Agbekor and Ewe in class, so I was looking

for different types of Agbekor. This one seemed a bit more slow

than the other Agbekors. Also, I really like the sound of the

drums and the bells that they are playing. Both the bells and the drums

have very clear and clean sound. I am not exactly sure how I

would explain the sound but I think you will understand if you hear

the sound of the instruments they are playing. It really has a very

CLEAN tone to it and I think it's really neat! Also, that's just what

they want the audience to hear too, right?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1HqZHZhyz8

This clip is about Navajo women and their pageant.

It was played on PBS. This video kind of gives you an outlook of

what the Navajo women do on daily basis. The person who would be

chosen at this pageant needs to have true dine' intelligence and beauty.

It's not really like the other beauty pageants that are held else where.

Also, I am not really sure if you can say that this is a beauty pageant

because in this pageant, the women have to do things that they really

don't have to do in other pageants. If you want to know what I am talking

about you should watch the video!!!:)

http://music.calarts.edu/~kozadonu/instruments.html

This site has name and some pictures of the instruments of Ghana.

Axatse is a really familiar one that you may see often in the States also.

I used to play in the pitt section of the marching band and we had two

axatse. All the members of the our pitt section didn't know what it was

called so I remember everybody calling it (including myself) Shakyes....

I don't know why we called it that but we did and always referred to it

as a "She".....as if "she" was a person....hahahaha just one of my good

funny memories from high school. Anyways, I hope this will be a help

to you!!