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JUNE 25-29; JULY 2- 6, 2014 LOG SHEET #1 
SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL 
AUDIO / VIDEO LOG SHEET 
LOGGER / VIDEOGRAPHER: 
MEMORY CARD NUMBER - TASCAM: 54 
FILE NAME: 
MEMORY CARD NUMBER - ZOOM H2: 53 
FILE NAME: 
PRESENTER: Agh DATE / TIME: 6/26/14 11:00 am 
PROGRAM: Kiribuni Lessons in Language STAGE: Kiribuni Stage 
GROUP NAME:
REGION / STYLE: Masaai tribe 

[[2 columned table]]
| PERFORMER(S) | INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION |
| --- | --- |
| Mohummed Ali | Cultural Historian | 
| Johnson | Works w/ Conservation in Nairobi | 
| John | Masaai Culture Conservationist | 

CONTENTS / NOTES (continue on back): 
1. How Swahili has unified the many communities in Kenya 
2. Masaai relation w/ wildlife 
3. Polygamy in Masaai culture 
4. Masaai attire (meaning of red color) 
5. Beadwork/beautification 
6. Masaai in Kenya vs. Tanzania 
7. Education in Masaai/how culture is spread 
8. Challenges facing modernity 
9. How Masaai language is taught 
10. Why Swahili? (Arabic origins) 
11. Swahili phrase for "developing region" 
12. How the youth are changing Swahili - mixing Swahili/English 
13. How to deal with more dialects 
14. How was Swalili influenced other African languages (Bantu)