Is it possible to really completely understand a culture different from one’s own? Our Grade IX students of the residential wing wrestled with this and questions of prejudice in a session held for them yesterday.
Our students chose props of their choice to enact a tribal ritual assigned to them with specified prompts, while the other group of students were tasked with understanding and reporting the event as ‘National Geographic’ reporters making a mock documentary. With djembe rhythms and improvisation, the exercise helped students understand that cultures different from our own or unfamiliar to us are not ‘inferior’ or ‘under-developed’ in any way and operate with their own norms and codes.
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