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JUNE 25-29; JULY 2-6, 2014 LOG SHEET #5 SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL AUDIO/VIDEO LOG SHEET LOGGER/VIDEOGRAPHER: Deb Ramsey-Moor MEMORY CARD NUMBER-TASCAM: 20 FILE NAME: BOMA_162.wav MEMORY CARD NUMBER - ZOOM H2: 22 FILE NAME: STE_001.wav PRESENTER: Patrick Ouma DATE/TIME: 7/5/14, 2:00pm - 2:45pm PROGRAM: Kenya: Mambo Poa STAGE: BOMA Stage GROUP NAME: Building Arts REGION/STYLE: [[2 columned table]] | PERFORMER(S) | INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION | | --- | --- | | Denis Opuda | Luo (Western Kenyan) | | Nelson Ngotiek | Maasai (Southern Kenya) | CONTENTS/NOTES (continue on back): 1. Luo men have reign of the house. Women don't own houses. 2. Maasai are pastoralist. What is the role of a man in building? 3. Tree fibers are flexed to make domed structure. String is used to add 4. Strength to the structure. In Maasai, women build the house 5. Luo men lead house building. Women mix water with soil to create structure 6. Girls cannot build homes. Only when they have married are they allowed 7. 3-4 meter radius for Luo homes with domed roof. Reeds and papyrus crafted. 8. Young, unmarried men sleep separately from family home. 9. Single person homes are made for young men. Few Luo women are spinsters. 10: Maasai symbols/rituals: Girls have own room, Boys have own house. 11. Maasai boys can pass from home-home. Houses are uniform. 12. What's the floor like? Lvo: dirt, soil. No tiles. Men with only one wife 13: have limited sayin elders meetings 14: Are there walls around a compound? There are fences.