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June 25-29; July 2-6, 2014 Log sheet #1 Smithsonian Folklife Festival Audio/Video Log Sheet Logger/Videographer: Eugene Townes, Linn Bunch Memory Card Number - Tascam: 20 File name: 84 Memory Card Number - Zoom H2: 22 File name: Presenter: Marjorie Date/Time: 12:00p.m. June 25, 2014 Program: Kenya Stage: Boma Group Name: basketmakers - Crafts from the Land Region/Style: Lake Victoria area [[2 columned table]] | PERFORMER(S) | INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION | | --- | --- | | Lucy Agutu Okudo | Basket weaver | | Apollo Omondi Omuare | basket weaver | Contents/Notes (continue on back): [[strikethrough]] 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. [[/strkethrough]] 1. brief intr to Kenya w/ emphasis on need for changes in craft-making as natural resources shrink 2. reed used-water hyacinth from Lake Victoria 3. Water hyacinth is an environmental problem; plant overgrowth changes teh lake water levels & availabity [availability] of fresh water. 4. Basketmakers traditionally used sisal & paprus. [papyrus] 5. Reeds are divided into Grades A,B,&C, A- dyed = used for lampshades B-used for baskets C-used for furniture 6. Decision to use water hyacinth was an environmental decision
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