Many people will participate and will travel to Kela, a village known for its training of griots, for those who carry on a family’s or village’s oral traditions. The February tour tips its hat to “Visual Griots of Mali,” an exhibition on display through March 11 at UCLA’s Fowler Museum. The show features slice-of-life photos by West African sixth-graders. Among other highlights of the upcoming tour, led by University of London professor Trevor Marchand: a performance of the Sanga mask dancers, dancing and music in the desert with the Taureg, the masquerade of the Bamana and Bozo people in Ségou, the Konboro Mosque in Djénné, said to be the world’s largest mud structure, and ancient illuminated manuscripts in Timbuktu.
I chose this article because I thought it would be interesting to know about this event.
http://www.latimes.com/travel/printedition/la-tr-tc6jan06,0,944131.story?page=2
mallorya Said:
on March 25, 2010 at 10:05 pm
I liked your article. That’s interesting to know that they’re going to have tours in many places.
leslym13 Said:
on March 26, 2010 at 12:31 am
good article iob agree with mallory its cool that there is going to be many tours
Jazmin Said:
on March 26, 2010 at 1:01 am
Good article sam i also agree with my peers its very kool how they are going to be many tours in many different types of places! (:
hazel Said:
on April 29, 2010 at 3:58 am
Good article Samantha. Very interesting and it is cool that they are going to have tours and i agree with you it is interesting to learn about the event.