Wedding Traditions
What do they eat?
Large feasts!
What type of music starts with a J?
Jazz!
Name one of the three dishes you learned about today
Yam Pottage, Chicken Yassa, Egyptian Koshari
What are traditional African clothes known for being?
Brightly coloured!
What are the 2 main dances that were talked about in the slide?
Adowa and Eskista
Where are these wedding traditions based?
Nigeria!
What type of music starts with a B?
Blues!
Which one of the dishes were from Egypt?
Egyptian Koshari!
Who is the Dashiki worn by?
Men and women!
The Eskista dance is originated from which country?
Ethiopia
Traditional Music!
Who were these rhythms and sounds brought by?
Enslaved Africans
Name the traditional Nigerian dish
Yam Pottage!
What does the Dashiki cover?
The top half of your body!
The Adowa dance is originated from what country?
Ghana
Why do they throw money during the weddings?
To give the newly wed couple good fortune!
What type of music starts with a D?
Dixieland!
Name the three ingredients in Yam Pottage
Yam, Vegetables, meat, fish, spices, peppers, herbs, crayfish
Where is the Dashiki worn?
West Africa!
The Eskista dance mainly involves movement from which part of the body?
Shoulders
What is it called when people throw money during weddings?
A shower of happiness!
What ocean were they brought over by?
The atlantic ocean!
What ingredients are in Chicken Yassa?
Chicken Yassa contains marinated chicken, lamb, fish and a variety of spices.
What is the piece that is a colourful piece of clothing which covers the top half of the body?
When are the dances performed?
Festivals, ceremonies, weddings, and celebrations