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Article: How animals got their beautiful coats; a play based on a Zulu tale from South Africa.(Play)
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- Faces: People, Places, and Cultures
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- February 1, 2006
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Characters: Storyteller, Tortoise, Leopard, Zebra, Giraffe, and Hyena
Storyteller: Sakubona, visitors. Welcome to our village. Sit down by the fire, and I will tell you a story. You all know that Zulus are very careful about their looks. The girls in our village sit outside their dome-shaped huts, threading colorful beads into beautiful patterns on their belts, bracelets, and necklaces. Married women style their long hair carefully with beads and feathers and hold it in place with clay.
Even the animals in this land are well groomed. But this was not always so. In the beginning, all animals in Africa were a dull, nondescript brown color. Hyena was not ...