On June 18th a group of girls from Planá nad Lužnicí primary school performed several Khaita dances for elderly in Planá nad Lužnicí senior house.
The performance was prepared by Martina Krejčová:
“We danced mostly dances learnt by girls last year. One dance, Meypo Dranlu, was new for us. And most of the girls danced last year, one just short time and one girl is completely new to Khaita.
In the beginning I showed people the infinite knot and talked about symbol of Khaita and gave a few symbols to them so they could follow the line with their finger. I think they were very happy and enjoyed it.
The last dance, Tashi Dangpo, we danced with collaboration with the audience. Passing the khatags to each other was a great experience for all of us. It was really touching.
Also the lady who is in charge of the Senior House told me that she was really touched. And me too.
We received presents from the Senior House – a paper notebook for drawing, a pencil and socks with logo of the town Planá nad Lužnicí. When we came back to our school one girl started immediatelly drawing a picture for seniors – a beautiful rose, which was delivered to them next day.
Names of the girls are Dana Shten (her parents are from Ukraine), Lilien Habichová, Barbora Kostrůnková, Eliška Válková and Barbora Trachtová.
The girls are 12 years old.
We are invited for Christmas because they have every year some performances so we will become one of them.”
The performed dances with links to learning materials are below:
