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March 16. For our last evening in Wamba, we went to a dance at a manyatta. All of the people of the village were dressed in bright colors and both men and women wore fabulous beaded necklaces, headpieces, or both. The dance began with the moran, the young warriors, doing the dance they are famous for where they jump straight up in the air as high as they can. It is amazing to watch! As they dance, they chant to make their own music—there are no instruments at all. Later on, the women and then the children, too, joined in for other dances. It was like the kind of thing you see on television on the National Geographic channel—except that we were there and we got to dance, too!
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- Hi! My name is Shayne Russell, and I'm the Library Media Specialist at Kenneth R. Olson Middle School in Tabernacle, NJ. Come along with me on an adventure to Kenya, Africa! We will be working as volunteer researchers, side-by-side with scientists who are studying the endangered Grevy's Zebra. Let's see what research looks like... outside of the library!
Photos from the Field
A herd of Grevy's Zebras grazing.
Zebra Day 3/2/06
Leader of the Herd
Mrs. A and Mrs. Havers
Mr. Stecher wore his zebra tie!
A good time was had by all.
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I love dancing!
I would love to see how the Africans dance in person.
It sounds so exciting and lively to watch.
When the Samburu chanted during the dance, were you able to find out what they were saying in English?
You'll have to show us how they dance in Africa...so we can get jiggy with it...YEA!!!
Wow! That must have been really fun to dance with the people of Wamba. Did you get to wear colorful beads and necklaces like they did? When they dance, do they all do the same thing or do they all do different things? It must have been tiring since they jump a lot and that’s takes a lot of energy. I would really like to dance with them. It was a good way to end your last day in Wamba!