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hand crafts and music in burkina fasa plz visite the references
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Let’s assume that today is your
birthday ..… and one of your
friends gives you a box with unknown thing…….
Hand craftsMusic
Introduction to Burkina Faso
Geographical Size 274,200 sq km
Population Size 15,264,735(July 2008 Est)
Composition of Population
Mossi, Gurunsi, Senufo, Lobi, Bobo, Mande, and Fulani
Official Languages French
Other Languges Sudanic Languages(arabic)
Form of Government Parliamentary republic
Exports Agriculture and mining
Main Trading Partners China, Singapore, Thailand, Ghana and Niger
(2007)
Capital Ouagadougou
Other Cities Dori, Bobo Dioulasso and Bereba
Currency Communaute Financiere Africaine franc (XOF)
Main Creative Industries
Crafts, visual Arts, music, theatre
Hand crafts
Equipments
artisans in Burkina Faso make ingenious use of recycled
aluminum cans to craft these whimsical thumb pianos.
Pieces of wood, decorated with burned patterns, form the top of the instrument.
Thumb pianos come in assorted patterns.
• Recycled aluminum cans, wood, metal
Recycled Can Thumb Piano
Carving and arts
They have different types of carving
• Wood carving.
• Metal carving.
• Statuary (Small statues).
• Masks Their statues have
famous character and shapes
Textile
Many types of textile in
Burkina Faso
• Hand made blankets
• Cotton spun
• Hand made caps
• Cotton Scarfs
Hand made Beads
The hand made beads , is one of the most famous crafts in Burkina faso• Wooden beads.
• Rock beads.
• Silver beads.
• Brass beads.
• Gold beads.
• Copper beads.
Music
Music equipments
They make their music equipmentsfrom fin thingsUsing recycled metals , wood and cans
Music equipments
Recycled Tin Nescafe Can Kalimba
Burkina Faso, craft these great musical instruments from recycled Nescafe coffee cans. A great gift for music lovers or collectors of recycled crafts, each kalimba is completely unique and makes lovely African music.
Materials: wood, metal, recycled tin cans
The Illinois University students in Burkina Faso
• The students of Illinois University in Chicago went to Bereba in Burkina Faso.
• They were welcomed in every
step.• They said:” We were immediately
immersed in the daily lives of the villagers, moving into their homes and sharing meals with the family”
• They bought Bereba’s hand made textiles, beads and presents
• They did interviews with the bereba people and sellers
• Attending the New year eve there ,dancing and singing with the bereba villagers.
• The villagers prepared the new year meals to welcome the students.
• The Burkinabe never miss the chance for a good party
• “The people seemed genuinely interested in their visitors and in displaying their culture.”
• This trip from:http://
friendsofafricanvillagelibraries.blogspot.com/2009_01_01_archive.html
Conclusion
Hand crafts in Burkina
Faso• Carvings.• Textiles.• Beads.
Music in Burkina
Faso• Music’s
equipments.
• The welcoming by music.
The trip of the students of the Illinois University in Chicago to Bereba.
“The people seemed genuinely interested in their visitors and in displaying their culture.”
References
http://eshopafrica.com/gallery/outabout/burkina04.html
http://www.artsinafrica.com/country-cultural-profiles/burkinafaso
http://friendsofafricanvillagelibraries.blogspot.com/2009_01_01_archive.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60O6uETTt6U&feature=related