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mpobi80

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Describe the structure of the powwow grounds.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Refer to the Active Listening guide to Straight Up and find:
 
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jharrington11

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Answer to Question 1

 They are structured as a series of increasingly larger concentric circles (Worlds of Music citing Browner 2002). The dance arena is in the center, surrounded immediately by singers/drummers who are in turn surrounded by other participants, spectators, and vendors.

Answer to Question 2

 Second side (The repetition of the BC or BCD phrase)
 Honor beats (Also called check beats or hard beats) (A series of louder, harder beats that occur on alternate drum strokes.



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