Mackenzie's Journey into the Culture of Music

Music and Gender  Hello everyone! I wanted to start off by saying I hope everyone has had an amazing week. In this blog, I will be specifically talking about Music and Gender. I hope you all enjoy it! Stereotypes  play a big part in this subject.  As I grew up, most people assumed white males listened to country music and black males listened to rap. That is not the case always. Music preference comes from where you are raised. As a child, the younger white females were "raised on  Hannah Montana and Taylor Swift". As most people perceive , black females listened to old R&B female artists.  Gender has NOTHING to do with music. There are some circumstances where it does, but with your preference it does not. You are allowed to be white and listen to rap or R&B. You can also be colored and listen to country music.  I will now take you into a step in my life. As a child, Yes I always listened to Disney music and danced around my living r...

South America Argentina and Uruguay - The most famous type of music is called the tango. The moves in the tango were made by late-night call girls. Also, a man with the name of Carlos Gardel moved the dance to France. The tango was regulated in the 1880's. Tango is very popular, because it is shared between two people together.  The tango dance is traced back to the slums that are located in Buenos Aires.  Bolivia - Bolivia is known to be colorful and joyful. Bolivia is also known for the tradition called Folklorico. This certain tradition os mainly used in street parades. A certain genre for the Folklorico is Morenada. The Morenada has a certain meaning or story behind it about African slaves brought in to work by the Spanish. During this event, the men wear black mask with long beards and the women wear skirts with colorful blouses.  Columbia - Columbia is known for the Salsa. I have always found this dance very interesting, because I could never do it. Salsa is known f...

 Music and Religion I want to start this blog off by explaining my christian experience. As a child, I was raised in a Baptist Church and I went all the time. From signing hymns to sitting quiet in the congregation.  As I grew older and got into sports, I began to fall out of church. I began to have practices during church times and slowly stopped going. Recently I changed my whole life around. I started going to a Pentecostal Church. Yes, at the beginning they are very scary and nerve recking. As I continued going, I learned many new ways to worship.    Pentecostal church style is mainly using worship and praising to the Holy Spirit to get closer to Jesus. They use techniques such as , talking in tongues, prophecy, healing, and exorcism ( the gifts of God). They experience the presence of God within themselves. Pentecostal Churches do not sit and listen to the preacher. They are engaged in every second of the service. During Praise and Worship services, you will hav...

Jingle Dance   The jingle dancing really caught my eye. The jingle dance is a special dance performed by the women of the Native American culture. This dance is  usually performed at Powwows for competitions. The women personally design their dresses and add metal cones (ziibaaska'iganan ) for noise. The  jingle  dress was  originally  founded in a dream. Also the dance came about for healing purposes. The  jingle  dress was  originally  named a " Prayer Dress". The dancers move their  feet  to the sound of the drums and usually have a feather in one hand and the other on their  hipp . Clothing The clothing of Native Americans were very different,  which  I love. Men wore breechclouts and  moccasins. Women usually wore more full-length dress. Their clothing also depended on the weather. In the winter, they would usually wear more layers of clothing. Native American clothing was made mainly of cotton. They al...