Bru Bra Bru
Bru Bra Bru
Bru Bra Bru
Circle Game
Circle Game
(Dioula)
(English)
Bru bra bru
samâ na dani glee
sama kulipa ires dani
gles kulipa ires
kobedile dani gles
ana do la na samâ nâ do la brou.
Bru bra bru
Come my elephant
Elephant that will climb up
This great mountain
How to climb this great mountain
You, my elephant, must go with strength.
Game Instructions
The girls sit in a circle. While singing this song, each girl passes her foot over the foot of her neighbor... sometimes within the circle sometimes on the outside. At the end of the verse, if the girl's leg is on the outside of the circle, they say she fell in the river and she has to sit in the middle of the circle. The game continues.
Thanks and Acknowledgements
This game song can be found in Inventaire des jeux et jouets des enfants en Côte-d'Ivoire.
Anitie!
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