THE CHI WARA: Your Turn
Create Your Own Legend
The Bamana people use the legend of the Chi
Wara to show the
importance of hard work and harmony in farming life.
Choose something that you do in your
daily life. What animal has characteristics that would be good for
teaching you how to do that activity? Write a story about how an
animal taught your ancestors those skills. How do you honor that
animal today? You can invent an animal legend that explains how you
learned to run, to fish, to hunt, or to swim. You may wish to tell the
story in a form other then writing: maybe a skit, a cartoon, or a
drawing.
Create Your Own Legend
Choose something that you do in your daily life. What animal has characteristics that would be good for teaching you how to do that activity? Write a story about how an animal taught your ancestors those skills. How do you honor that animal today? You can invent an animal legend that explains how you learned to run, to fish, to hunt, or to swim. You may wish to tell the story in a form other then writing: maybe a skit, a cartoon, or a drawing.
