Music & Dance

Andrew Holland

• What occasions were music and dance preformed at?
• Music and dance were performed at the crowning of the pharaoh and public festivals
• Music and dance is entertaining
• Music & dance was a celebration
• Music & dance were also performed at private festivals
• Why did the royals like music and dance?
• The royals liked music & dance because the royals liked fun; and music and dance is fun.
• In addition it is not work; the royals did not do work; it was a way to show that they were separate, and therefore better
• The royals supported them because they could be entertained
• Why weren’t there 50-50 boys and girls as artists?
• It was a good chance for them to work
• It was entertainment, so women probably enjoyed it
• The men were mostly working outside the hut

 

 

 

 

Image Citations:

[Image] http://www.utahloy.com/m6egypttech/muu2.htm September 16, 2015

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