Music and Rituals!
Hey ya'll, it's AC Garbade here again! Today I am going to talk about music and rituals and how they go hand in hand in todays world more than we think! My church back home is a baptist church and Christmas is very important in celebrating Christ's birth. We have a tradition/ritual of doing a candle light service shortly before Christmas and one song that has been played at this service for as long as I can remember is "Silent Night". This song is probably the first Christmas song I was introduced to as a child, i love this song very much and have an attachment in a way to it! In Africa a ritual for weddings and cermeonys is playing songs of Praise. There are many music rituals in Africa, but i chose weddings and ceremonys to see the detail of these services. I chose Africa to learn more about their music and rituals as well as the country in general. This is because I have always wanted to do Mission work in Africa and this is a key thing to be knowledgable abou...