Title:

General Information about Item:

• Genre and Sub Genre: Verbal, chant

• Example: Customary Folklore: chants

• Language: English

• Country where Item is from: USA

Informant Data:

Insert Informant Data Here: Kenneth Moussavian is a 19’ in Dartmouth College.  He is on the Water Polo team and has been playing water polo since high school. He was born and raised in Los Altos Hills and both his parents are from Iran.

Contextual Data:

• Many sports teams, especially at Dartmouth, have inside jokes and chants that creates a bond between team members. After ever practice the team will recite a chant called “my name is David”.

Item:

Insert Item Here: The chant the entire team participates in is called “my name is David” each member of the team will add their own unique beat and repeat saying “my name is David”. Although David becomes annoyed when the team makes fun of him. This unites the team thus creating better chemistry during matches.

Associated file (a video, audio, or image file):

• My Name Is David

Informant’s Comments:

• Insert Informant’s Comments Here: Although David becomes annoyed when the team makes fun of him. This “hypes up the team” thus creating better chemistry during matches.

Collector’s Comments:

• Insert Collector’s Comments Here: the water polo team is very close and feel comfortable mocking each other. The chant also creates a bond between all the team members when they make fun of David.

Collector’s Name: Jonathan Schneck

Tags/Keywords:

• Insert Tags/Keywords Here: Chants