Week 12-13-14 Monday 2 May - 22 May 2011 Each class summarizes the questions received from other Learning Circle partners post them.

 

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Summary Eng LC 1, Name of school, city, country

CSG Het Noordik, Vriezenveen, Holland

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Summary Eng LC 2, Name of school, city, country

Summary Eng LC 2, A. Saliminschool, Paramaribo, Suriname

1. What did we know about the theme?

We knew a lot about our theme, because we have already learned that during history lessons and also at geography lessons.

 

2. What have we learned during the lessons? 

     During the lessons we have learned about the colors of the Dutch flag and we also came to know about what kind of music and songs other children in Paramaribo and Holland like. We now know that the children at the George Asin school also want to learn how to play music instruments, but they don't have the time in their curriculum.  

 

3. What did we expect to learn?

We expected to learn about the type of music other children like and also what the flag of Holland means.

 

4. What did we learn from the answers?

From the answers we have learned that many of us like the same songs and also the same singers.

 

5. What was similar in the answers? Why?

The answers from the Surinamese schools were more or less the same, because we live in the same country and we know more about our country.

 

6. What were the differences in the answers? Why?

The differences in the answers were from the Dutch schools, because they live in another country and we live in Suriname, so they are going to look at it from their point of view.

 

7. What did we like? What was interesting, surprising ect.?

Just like in our country we have different races of people, in Holland it is also the same. We also realized that we listen to the same songs the Dutch children listen to.

 

Summary

Just like in our country we have different races, different cultures and religions in Holland it is also the same. Both Suriname and Holland have a flag and each color of the flags has a meaning. The colors in the Surinamese flag have a clear meaning, but the red color in the Dutch flag doesn't. Suriname is one country and we have one flag, but the Netherlands is also one country but with two flags. We came to know a lot about the different cultures and music in Holland. Not only did we learn something from the Dutch schools, we also learned from the answers given by the other Surinamese schools. We came to know more about our own culture. There were things we didn't know about or things that we were not able to find during our investigation and this we have read in the answers given by the other Suriname schools.

 

 

 

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Summary Eng LC 3, Name of school, city, country

 

We knew that the Netherlands have their tricoloured flag but we didn't know that although Twente is a part of the Netherlands they have their own flag. The flag of Twente has a clear History and meaning but at the other hand we can see that the dutch flag as we know it hasn't a clear explanation for the red color of their flag. The flag of Suriname has clear explanations for their colors.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Summary Eng LC 4, Name of school, city, country

 

Question LC4  Mgr Wulfinghschool,

In Suriname, just as in the Netherlands, there are different kinds of ethnic groups. Each with their own kind of music.

a. What kind of music does every ethnic group in your country have?

b. Where does this music come from?

c. Has this kind of music changed over the years? If so, in what way has it changed? If not, what is the reason?

 

1. What did we know about the theme?

We already knew that like, in Suriname, Holland has different etnic groups, each with their own kind of music. We also knew the different kinds of music that are typical in Suriname. Such as Kawina/ Kaseko, Gamelan, Reggae, Hip Hop, Bhaitak Ghana, Tassa drum etc.

 

2. What have we learned during the lessons?

We have learned that Suriname is a real unity, when it comes to our music. Everyone listens to one another's culture, doesn't matter which culture you come from. If there's a hit song, no matter which etnic group it belongs to, everyone listens and sings along. eg. Djoegoe Djoegoe, Radika, Mor Tor 

 

3. What did we expect to learn?

We expected to learn more about the Netherlands, about their kinds of music and their hit songs.

 

4. What did we learn from the answers?

We have learned that most Surinamese people listen to the same kind of music. (See question 1)

We have seen the music instruments, some of which we had never seen before and we did not know their names.

 

5. What was similar in the answers? Why?

Almost everything was about Suriname. Even the schools in Holland talked and gathered information about Suriname.

 

6. What was the difference in the answers?  Why?

There were no huge differences. The differences were so small that you could almost not recognize them. All the school talked about the same kinds of music, the one with pictures the other without.

A few schools have answered all the questions, others only question1.

 

7. What did we like?

We like the texts with pictures. We could learn a lot from those. A few of the pictures had names on the instrument, so we could learn from them.

 

 

Summary

We may conclude that the youth, in Suriname as in Holland, prefers modern music above traditional music. They like listen to songs that are in; hip hop/ R&B etc., while the older peolpe like the traditional kind of music.

In Suriname some artist are very popular, for example Damaru. Not only is he well known in Suriname, but in Holand as well; with his "Mi Rosu", "Schatje lief".

In Suriname a few of the Holland artist are popular too: Ali B & Foeradi with:  "Gemengde Gevoelens", Yess R with "Me Boy", Kenny B and Benaisa wth: "Yu Faya", "Next N'e Tai", "The way you say my name".

 

 

 

 

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Summary Eng LC 5, Name of school, city, country

Summary from LC5, George Asin School, Paramaribo Suriname 

 

Hello everyone.

First we would like to thank LC1 CSG Het Noordik, LC2 A. Salimin School, LC3 Anton Resida School, LC4 Mgr Wulfingh School and LC6 Jac P. Thijsse College for taking the time to answer our question.

 

 

What question did we ask?

We all know that every country knows more than one culture, each with their own traditional dances.

Our question is:

What are the traditional dances of your cultures and what is the story behind them?

Choose three cultures to answer the question.

Please include photographs.

 

Why did we ask the question?

We asked the question because we wanted to know where some of the traditional dances came from, because people tell different stories.

 

What did we know about the theme when we started?

We already knew that each culture has his own traditional dance. We also knew which colors the Dutch and Surinamese flag have. (We were curious if the colors had the same meaning)

 

What did we learn in our classroom?

First of all we learnt that it is very important to stick to a deadline given. Any form of delay can work very frustrating on others involved in the activity.

We also learnt how important it is to listen to each other when working in a group.

Everyone has to participate, because this is the basis to reach your goals.

Teachers and students need to work closely together; students have to do the job as much as possible while the teacher guides them through this.

Students not always like it when the teacher provides all the information. They also want to do research.

 

What did we expect to learn?

We expected to learn from which countries some of the traditional dances which we experience nowadays, came from.

 

What did we learn from the responses of the students?

We learnt some interesting things while reading the answers we received.

-When dancing the Waltz, for example, the whole dance floor is being used and this dance is not so easy to dance.

-We also learnt that the popular belly dance finds its origin in Turkey.

-The Djarang Kepang gives positive energy to sick people.

-The Bigi Poku was really a dance which the slaves used to send messages to each other.

 

Differences / Similarities

Similarities:

We have noticed that in both Suriname and Holland, the immigrants have brought their own dance when they left their country. Nowadays these dances are danced by all the different ethnic groups. 

Differences:

Although some of the schools talked about the same ethnic groups, their answers were not really the same. Not every school mentioned where the traditional dances came from.

The answers of some schools were not always in line with the question.

The photographs which have been posted, however, gave us a broader view on the different traditional dances and the music instruments which they use.

 

 

Summary:

Every country has different ethnic groups. These ethnic groups have brought along their own traditional dances.

Some ethnic groups in Suriname are: the Javanese, the Hindustanis, the Negroes and the Amerindians.

The Djarang Kepang is the traditional dance of the Javanese. This dance comes from Indonesia. People dance this dance at happy moments for example, at weddings or at the opening of a shop. They believe that this dance gives positive energy to sick people. The Indonesian Embassy in Suriname offers lessons in traditional Javanese dance styles in order to preserve them. The youth is not very interested in these dance styles, that’s why the dances are now a mixture of traditional Javenese styles and Western dance styles. Everyone is free to participate.

The Baithak Gana is the traditional music style of the Hindustanis. This style is a mixture of Bhojpuri folksongs and Caribbean influences.

The Bigi Poku is the traditional dance of the Negroes. It is a mixture of Kaseko and Kawina music. This dance was used by the slaves when they wanted to send messages to each other. In this way, it became their traditional dance.

The traditional dance of the Amerindians is the Samboera. The samboera is danced with the whole body. When performing this dance, the dancers are dressed in red and white.

 Holland also has a lot of ethnic groups and therefore knows different cultural dances.

The English brought along the Waltz. This is a very romantic dance which is not so easy to perform. The whole dance floor is used during this dance.

The Turkish have more than one popular dance; the Karsilama is one of them. Here the couples dance face to face. The meaning of this dance is “face to face greetings”. The Hora is also another popular dance, but the most popular of all is the belly dance. The belly dance is also very popular in Suriname. In Turkey, the belly dance is also known as “Gobek Dans”.The Polonaise, the “Klompendans or Cloggs Dance” and Hakken are also traditional Dutch dances. 

 

 

 

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Summary Eng LC6, Jac P Thijsse College, Castricum, the Netherlands

 

LC 6 - We are all fans of various Dutch singers, bands and groups. Which popular national singers, bands and music groups do young people in your school and neighbourhood listen to? What kind of music do they make? Why are they important in your national culture? Please include pictures and lyrics in your answers.

 

1. What did we know about the theme?

We didn’t know much about our country. We didn’t know about the sounds of our country. That we have an own anthem but we would like to know what the colours of our flag mean.

 

2. What have we learned during the lessons?

We have learned much about this subject. We know what the colours of our country mean.

 

3. What did we expect to learn?

We had expected that we would learn more about the Children in Suriname.

 

4. What did we learn from the answers?

We know now to which music the Suriname people listen. They especially listen to Damaru and Enver. The girls in Suriname love Damaru because they think he is cute.

 

5. What was similar in the answers? Why?

The Anton Residaschool listen especially to the same musicians as us. The Anton Residaschool likes ‘ik heb een tuintje in me hart’ from damaru. That song is well-known in the Netherlands

 

6. What were the differents in the answers? Why?

Every school likes an other  kind of music. One school likes the three J’s and an other likes Justin Bieber.

 

7. What did we like? What was interesting, surprising ect.?

We listen much to the same music as the Surname people.

 

Summary

 

The answers from the schools are very different. We started with the school in ‘Twente’.

The children there are all listening to: Adele, Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga and Alain Clark.

For their culture the three J’s are very important because they were in the semifinals of the Eurovision songfestival. They make some nice quiet music very beautifully. We, in north-holland, listen to these songs too.

Then we have the first school in Suriname. The children in Suriname are all listening to Damaru and Enver. They are typical Suriname musicians. The other school in Suriname all listen to hip hop (for example: ’on the floor’ by Jennifer Lopez).

 

It’s funny to see that the people in Suriname and Holland are listening to the same songs.

 

 

 

 

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