Anata, venez voir les tortues qui dansent!
Ms. Nambangi wrote about this song, "This song is usually performed by two girls facing each other in the middle of a ring, while the others around them clap and sing. The two in the ring dance, moving their hips from side to side with their hands on the waist. It is just the one line sung over and over. Two girls can dance to it also even if there were no others around to play with them."
Anata, venez voir les tortues qui dansent!
Anata, Come and See the Dancing Tortoises!
Chanson enfantine
Children's Song
(French)
(English)
Anata*, venez voir les tortues qui dansent!
Anata*, come and see the dancing tortoises! (Repeat)
Notes
*Girl's name
Thanks and Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Ms. Melissa Nambangi of the Minnesota African Women's Association for this song, the translation and comments.
Merci Beaucoup!
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