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ASO Quapaw String Quartet
presents
Music of the People
Arkansas
Learning through the Arts
Chinese Calligraphy
Chinese use characters for their language. They had over 3300 characters to use in writing. Writing with these characters became a form of art called calligraphy. Chinese art often includes calligraphy.
What do you think these characters might mean?
Han Dynasty Clothing
Brazilian traditional costume
This lady is wearing a Baian skirt.
What makes it so fancy?
What else does she wear that makes it fancy?
Hungarian Folk Art
Notice that the woman is painting a pattern like the one she is wearing. Many decorate eggs in various designs to use in family celebrations.
Colorful Hungarian Dresses
Compare and contrast these dresses to the Brazilian dress?
Hungarian Hurdy-Gurdy
The hurdy gurdy is played by turning the crank at the left end. The sound is like a violin. When you press the black keys, the pitch is changed.
Map of Native America
Indian tribes lived all over America. How many names do you recognize?
Native American Tribal Art
Navajo Tribe
Cochiti Tribe
Santa Clara Tribe
Each tribe had a different style of making pottery.
Native American Flute
What material is the flute? What other instruments are made of that material?
Native American FoodsHunting buffalo and deer for
food and clothing
Indian settlement growing their food
Map of North America
Where are the Ozark Mountains?
The Appalachian culture (in purple circle) is found in the southern part of the Appalachian Mountains.
What states does Appalachia include?
Appalachian Quilt
The purple square has how many smaller squares in it? What other geometric shapes do you see?
Appalachian Clothing
Why did the Appalachians make simple, comfortable clothing?
Appalachian Music
The banjo is an Appalachian instrument. Other instruments are also common in Bluegrass music. What are other instruments on the right?
Map of West Africa
Many Americans came from West Africa.
African American Clothing
These are modern fashions based on African clothing.
African MasksCompare and contrast these masks.
Gospel Music Singers
Singers are expressing the joy of their beliefs.
What Traditions Have Been Handed Down in Your Family?
• Arts or crafts
• Music or songs
• Food
• Clothing