Daily Life Music and Dance
Aden Lemma
When would they sing and dance?
- Music was performed on every day occasions
- They had public festivals where everyone would be entertained
- They would also sing to worship there god
How would they play?
- They would play harps (usually played by woman), flutes, sistrum, and timbrel
- They would use clapping or beats
- Music and dance was also used by temple priest
- The priest wives would be singers and dancers because they live in the temple with the priest
- Cult singers can be men and woman
What would they dance?
- The dances would be very athletic with many gymnastics in it
- They would dance ballet
- But the men with the man and the woman with the woman
When would they dance?
- There are specific dances that were meant for different things
- They would dance for funerals
- They dance in Festivals
Citation
- (Images) http://www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/timelines/topics/music.htm . 9/16/15. Web
- Book: Hart, George. Ancient Egypt. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. 1990. Print
- Website: Stela of King Wahankh Intef II M. Lichtheim. Ancient Egyptian Dance and Music. http://www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/timelines/topics/music.htm 9/15/15. Web