Music and Us: Our Playlist
Everything we have covered in this class so far has been fascinating. I've learned more about different cultures by listening to their music and diving into their history this semester than I have in any other class! With that being said, there are so many cultures and so little time to cover them all. So, I chose four different cultures that I am interested in learning about that we were not able to cover in class! These cultures are found in Russia, Papua New Guinea, Uzbekistan, and Greenland. ---- Starting off with Russia. Russia is a transcontinental country, being part of both Europe and Asia. I chose this one first because I speak Russian! The song below is called, " Калинка, " which translates to "Snowball Tree" aka the Guelder-rose. This is a very beautiful flower tree that also produces berries that you can cook and eat! This song is a super duper well known tranditional song amongst Russian speakers. It is referenced and remixed all the time in mode...
