Stringing back to folklore for the future
Friday, February 21, 2014
And the drill is rhythmic: thumb a key on the instrument, listen for playback, thumb another key, smile with a shake of the head and pass it on.
In between the speeches, the dance and song, the teachers sneak in commentary among themselves about these wooden things and their familiar sounds.
The BDP as a party known to have ample resources has always held its primaries well in time, but this time around that was not the case. The first leg of the primaries was held last weekend, with the final leg being billed for the coming weekend. This time around, the BDP failed to shine in its primary elections. The elections were chaotic; most if not all polling stations didn't open at the specified time of 6am. Loyal BDP members braved the...