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Flags of Hope
Art From Around the World: Tibet
A Classroom or Community Art Project
Developed by Claudia Chapman
World Music PressArt From Around the World is a series of multi-cultural projects for educators, community leaders, and families developed by Claudia Chapman, art director for World Music Press. In these projects she takes “multi-cultural understanding through music” one step further, combining traditional forms of visual expression with music and social studies. The Flags of Hope kit contains a string of authentic hand printed Tibetan flags, cultural context, patterns and instructions, lesson plan, and a CD of Tibetan music.
The hoisting of Prayer Flags to ensure good fortune is one of the many customs within the nomadic communities of Tibet that have changed little for several thousands of years. Lung Ta or Wind Horse according to Tibetan belief carries the message of “compassion for all living things.” They say the Wind Horse carries their message on the wind. When the wind touches the flag, the prayerful message is dispersed in the area where the flags are hung—over rivers, across mountain passes in the Himalayas, on fire escapes in Manhattan, in the deserts of NM, and many other places around the world.
Other resources from World Music Press ( www.worldmusicpress.com ) are:
• Sing and Shine: On An Innovative Guide to Leading Multicultural Song by Nick Page is a 192-page handbook on the power of singing, teaching multicultural songs, and celebrating the necessity of music.
• Let Your Voice Be Heard! Songs From Ghana and Zimbabwe by Abraham Adzenyah, Dumisani Maraire and Judith Tucker is a 154-page book that includes musical transcriptions, story songs, and game songs. A companion audio CD included.
• Silent Temples, Songful Hearts: Traditional Music of Cambodia by Sam-Ang Sam and Patricia Campbell is a 144-page book with transcriptions of instrumentals, songs, dances, children's games. A companion audio CD included.
• Pandemonium Rules! Orff Instrument Arrangements of Steel Band Music by Deborah Teason and Gage Averill is a 20-page booklet with cultural and historical background of Latin America and transcription for songs and instruments. A companion audiocassette included.
• When the Earth Was Like New: Western Apache Songs and Stories by Chesley Wilson, Ruth Wilson and Bryan Burton is a 128-page book with Apache historical and cultural background and transcriptions of social, traveling, and game songs. A companion audio CD included.
• My Harvest Home: A Celebration of Polish Songs, Games, Dances and Customs by Andrea Schafer is a book with Poland and Polish-American community background, musical selections for all ages, and folk art projects. A companion audio CD included.
This kit (and others) published by World Arts are excellent multi-aged children, or
intergenerational projects for UU camps, conferences, and congregations.
Contact Claudia at ArtandMusicKits@aol.com.
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