Kamares
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Accompanying drum pattern: "Drum, I Can Drum"
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Text/Translation
Call: Kamares, kamares
Response: Kamares
Call: Kamares, kamares
Response: Kamares
Call: Na [name] wa siku_hizi
[now _____ of these days]
Response: anaringa ringa sana
[pretending so much]
anatoa res kamares (2x)
[she is removing the dirt]
ana dunda (3x) kadoosh
[dancing, going down]
Text spoken by Class 4 students at Red Rose School in Kibera (Nairobi), Kenya
Accompanying drum pattern: "Drum, I Can Drum"
Click here for drum pattern demonstrations
Text/Translation
Call: Kamares, kamares
Response: Kamares
Call: Kamares, kamares
Response: Kamares
Call: Na [name] wa siku_hizi
[now _____ of these days]
Response: anaringa ringa sana
[pretending so much]
anatoa res kamares (2x)
[she is removing the dirt]
ana dunda (3x) kadoosh
[dancing, going down]
Text spoken by Class 4 students at Red Rose School in Kibera (Nairobi), Kenya
Performance by Class 8 students at Red Rose School in Kibera (Nairobi), Kenya