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NotesHalloween + Critical Thinking about International Aid + Awesome Bands= “Do they Know It’s Halloween?”
This song, produced by a long list of awesome bands was produced to benefit UNICEF and make fun of the pathetically patronizing 1984 song, “Do They Know it’s Christmas?” They are criticizing the Western-centric view of Christmas as the dominant force of December. They use the absurdity of Halloween to show how holidays and celebrations are only given meaning by local tradition and context. Halloween seems like a good time to examine your worldview, so give this song a listen!
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japace89 reblogged this from yourmomisaculturalconstruct and added:
is awesome. I could barely say it better myself. Even more...think about on Halloween
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