Translation? Just curious...
>From: "David & Susan Esterman"
>Reply-To: jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
>To: World music from a Jewish slant
>Subject: RE: aqua
>Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 09:52:37 +1300
>
>How it goes in NZ is
>Qua ca della ora qua qua qua
>A disi matrico chicka-chicka-chak
>Velo velo velo velo velo
>Echad shtayim shelosh arba
>
>To play it you sit in a circle and your right hand is placed on top of your
>neighbour's left hand, ()and obviously your left hand is under their right
>hand)
>As the chant goes, so does a hand-slap pass around the circle and when you
>get to the numbers, the person who is to be slapped on arba has to pull
>their hand away BEFORE it gets slapped to stay in the game. If unsuccessful,
>that person drops out and the game continues. If successful, the slapper has
>to drop out.
>When we get down to two, Kiwi tradition has the game won on the outcome of a
>hand wrestling match!
>
>Sue
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
>[mailto:owner-jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org]On Behalf Of Judith R Cohen
>Sent: Sunday, 21 October 2001 4:20 a.m.
>To: World music from a Jewish slant
>Subject: aqua
>
>Hi, I've had a request for information about this kid's game-rhyme -
>anyone know it?cheers, Judith
>
> > Aqua qua, dela oma, qua, qua, qua, qua, qua
> > esti matrico a ba shelha kofiko
> > ima shelha hipopotam veata hamor katan
> >
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