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              Activity 5
                            Choose any traditional dance you know and try to
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                            perform it.


                     Exercise 3

              Answer the following questions.
              1. Mention some benefits of greeting people in your community.

              2. Mention three activities that identify your culture.

              3. Mention the advantages of traditional dance.

              4. List four instruments which are used in traditional dance.

              5. Draw a picture of two people wearing special dresses for
                  traditional dancing.


              Ask yourself

              What is the importance of traditional dance in your community?



                                              Vocabulary
              Community             a group of people with shared traditions

                                    who live in the same area

              Culture         the way of life which is accepted by
                                    community  members

              Maintain              continue to have, to keep

              ‘Maleba’              special traditional dress when dancing Mukirungu
              Proud                 having or showing self-respect

              Society               a large group of people living together in an

                                    organised way
              Tradition             the beliefs and practices that a group of

                                    people have followed for a long time

              Weak                  not strong




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