Kenyan Folk Dances - Music CBC Grade 6 Notes

• Kenyan Folk Dances
  
  • Components Of A Folk Dance
  • Social Benefits Of Folk Dances
  • Economic Benefits Of Folk Dances
  • Appreciation Of Kenyan Folk Dance

Kenyan Folk Dances

• Dancing is the response to music by moving appropriate body parts as shoulders, head, waist, legs and hands.
• Folk means people
• Folk dances are performed to mark events in the society such as harvesting, initiation marriage, funeral and birth

Components Of A Folk Dance

1. Songs
2. Message
3. Body movements
4. Formations
5. Instruments
6. Costumes
7. Body adornments
8. Ornaments
9. props

Social Benefits Of Folk Dances

• Help people have knowledge respect and value their traditions and customs
• Help people learn about each other’s culture
• Promote peace unity and respect among Kenyans communities
• Help people come together and make friends as they get entertained
• They help individuals to express themselves as they play different roles in a folk song
• Engaging folk dances people use their leisure time positively. This prevents them from engaging in bad habits such as drug abuse and idleness.

Economic Benefits Of Folk Dances

• Help our county earn foreign exchange through the tourist who visit the county to watch folk dances and see wild animals
• Some people earn living by performance folk dances and working in cultural centres
•  It is a source of self-employment to people who have talents in performing folk dances

Appreciation Of Kenyan Folk Dance