Arts and culture
Grade 6
Expression and communication
Module 6
Drama: the importance of rituals
We will be looking at the ritual, and then more specific, the wedding ritual.
Activity 1:
To explain the importance of rituals
[lo 4.3]
RESEARCH
Exercise 1: Project
Research a ritual of your choice after your educator has explained the background to you.
Present a written, visual or oral project on your chosen ritual.
The research project can contain the following:
- pictures, photos, drawings
- videos
- costumes
- props (items connected to the theme)
- demonstrations
- music
- Written projects must be handed in and displayed.
- Oral or visual projects must be presented to the class.
Activity 2:
To dramatise a cultural ritual
[lo 4.2]
THE WEDDING
Many of the values and interpretations of different cultures are represented in a
wedding ceremony . The events of a wedding are determined by religion and culture.
Exercise 2: Research
Research a wedding of a specific culture.
This research project has to include the following:
- religion of the culture you are researching
- traditions
- music, songs
- dance
- costumes (wedding dresses, etc.)
- symbolic elements
- food
- the ceremony (exchanging of rings, breaking of a glass, etc.)
- examples of wedding gifts (if any)
- settings (churches, temples, mosques, etc.)
- the ritual
- aspects of the culture
- the roles of the different people involved (men, women, elders, children, etc.)
- Present your research projects to the class, in groups, pairs or individually.
Different wedding ceremonies to research :
- Indian
- Jewish
- African
- Christian
- Japanese
- Greek
Exercise 3: Dramatisation
Select two wedding rituals from the presentations you would like to dramatise.
Divide the class up into two groups – each group has to dramatise a different ritual.
Each learner must be involved in the dramatisation and represent a different role:
- bride and groom
- following (bridesmaids, flower girls, ring bearers, etc.)
- elders
- guests
- person conducting the ceremony (priest, rabbi, imam, etc.)
- musicians
- singers
- photographer
Each ritual must contain the following:
- costumes
- props
- music and song
- dance
- ceremony
- events before and after the ceremony
- procession
Rehearse the dramatisation of the wedding ritual.
Perform the wedding rituals.
Assessment
| Learning Outcomes(LOs) |
| LO 4 |
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EXPRESSION AND COMMUNICATION The learner is able to analyse and use multiple forms of communication and expression in Arts and Culture. |
| Assessment Standards(ASs) |
| We know this when the learner: |
| MUSIC (4.4) |
- researches, creates and presents music that conveys and suggests the symbolism of ritual.
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| DRAMA (4.2, 4.3) |
- dramatises a cultural ritual (religious ceremony or social celebration) showing the use of the elements of drama (e.g. patterns, repetition, sequence); and
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- explains the importance of this ritual for the people who participate in it.
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| DANCE (4.1) |
- finds out, tries out and explains a song-dance ritual (e.g. snake dance, reed dance, stick dance), referring to its purpose and structure patterns, repetition and sequence.
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| VISUAL ARTS (4.5, 4.6) |
- demonstrates and describes the use of various artefacts in cultural rituals; and
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- researches murals in the community as a form of visual communication in relation to:
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- the intended message;
- target group;
- techniques;
- appropriate materials; and
- symbols and signs.
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