Three cups of tea
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You may have heard Ranu say "Building relationships takes time and practice. It takes 3 cups of tea, sometimes more".
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This Tedx Talk features Ranu's daughter Moale James. She is a young woman who seeks to speak out against social inequality, she stands by her belief that minority groups and everyone across the world should be allowed the opportunity to achieve their greatest quality of life. She describes this through the metaphor of 3 Cups of tea.
Creating self awareness, building understanding and building knowledge
This vignette shares how Early Childhood Educators have developed their own self awareness, built their own understanding and knowledge of cultural competence. In this clip Jessica, Kelly and Jasmine share their learnings from the Leading Learning Circles for Educators Engaged in Study training facilitated by Griffith University. Creating self awareness, building understanding and building knowledge QCOSS EMBRACE 2015
Making Rami
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Rami or grass skirts can be found throughout the Pacific. They were traditionally worn as clothing by by both men and women. They can also be used as small bilas (adornments) that wrap around the knees, ankles, arms, neck or decoratively placed on other objects such as poles, awnings, drums. Rami are worn during celebrations and dancing. Every country in the Pacific, and each region within the country will also have their own style of grass skirts and their own names for grass skirts. Grass skirts take a lot of time to make. Each cultural group will have their own significant cultural meanings and protocols around the use and wearing of their grass skirts.
This short video shows an easy tie that you can use to make grass skirts with children. Spend time investigating the many diverse types of grass skirts found across cultures around the world.