Marine Corps Marching Cadence

Title: Marine Corps Marching Cadence

Informant info: Craig Serpa, marine. He was stationed in San Diego.

Type of lore: Customary, Ritual

Language: English

Country of Origin: USA

Social / Cultural Context: Craig Serpa was interviewed at Dartmouth College. Craig sent me a video of this after our interview via text. He believed it was a good example of a marching cadence.

Associated file: https://youtu.be/88QzxcPtZXo 

Transcript:

Informant’s comments: Craig was a drill instructor, and often ran this ritual himself.

Collector’s comments: Informant remembered this cadence afterward, and wanted to show me a video of it. It was very interesting to visually see it, rather than talk about it.

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