Explain the two types of rituals that rural dwellers practice. ...

[armygirl]

Explain the two types of rituals that rural dwellers practice.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Compare and contrast the sound of Vacacin and Ecuadorian Quichua mothers lament including rhythm, melody, harmony, and timbre. (How do they sound alike and do they sound different?)
 
  What will be an ideal response?

[leahm14]

Answer to Question 1

 Calendric rituals, tied to cycles of agriculture, religion, or national celebrations
 Life cycle rituals, marking the significant transitional moments in the life of any individual.

Answer to Question 2

Similarity
 Harp plays a long series of percussive, repeating notes
 Both selections are repetitive

Difference
 Ecuadorian Quichua mother's lament includes a grief-stricken, half-spoken melody performed simultaneously with (not accompanied by) the harpist's vacacin, sung by a solo female voice that is unaccompanied (monophonic texture).

Define ritual:
 A ritual is a formal practice or custom. (Worlds of Music, p. 483)

[armygirl]

Both answers were spot on, thank you once again

[leahm14]

Great! Please up vote