Well,as promised, the World Premiere of Shakasha. As we say in French, le ridicule ne tue pas… https://vimeo.com/120570472 Before we came on, a group of girls in traditional costume warmed up the audience with a demonstration of how to dance for real: https://vimeo.com/120570473
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Whoa!!! loved the dance. Looked loke some sort of tribal dance to me. Is it some folk dance? You did tell about this in your post but I don’t remember clearly. What are you all wearing? Sarong? Girls’ costumes look like Indian Saree to me.
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It’s a traditional Mahorais dance to celebrate the customs of Mayotte – they have several like that. They were performed during National Language Day, organised to raise awareness of the local Shimaoré language – I’ll no doubt do a post on that some time. The girls’ costumes are salouva, which are frequently worn here, and ours, I’m not quite sure – so as not to look out of place, maybe! How is your own dance coming on?
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Wow!! So nice…raising awareness.
My practice is going on. We’ll be performing on typical Bollywood songs on women’s day.
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Wonderful! I love those Bollywood dances – probably a bit more complex than what we managed.
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Brilliant – how did I miss this?! One thing that did strike me though is how similar the language sounds to the Creole they used to speak in St Lucia. As that island used to be French (it passed between the French and the English many times) it would be interesting to compare the two – no doubt they both have some elements of some African language and also French. Apparently in St Lucia, the closest language to their Creole is what is spoken in Haiti.
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Shimaoré is actually from the Bantu family, with very little Creole in there, but the sound patterns are indeed similar, I find, at least to the untrained ear, and depending on the Creole, there are likely to be elements in common. A fascinating topic!
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Definitely. Food too, so interesting to trace where different dishes originate from and what’s happened to them along the way. The cultures of the Caribbean are so interesting with all their different influences, including slavery.
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