Moko: Rain Dance

Map of the Eurasian continent and pacific islands, as well as the Indian and Pacific oceans. Caption: (narrator) A monsoon is the name for a meeting of winds

Moko is an explorer. As he travels the world continent by continent, he makes many friends and discovers many natural phenomena which sometimes delight him, and other times scare him. Each animated episode recounts an adventure and takes an "original story" approach to explaining these natural phenomena. In this episode, Mei-Lei takes Moko to the rice fields. The sky is blue and Moko thinks that in this country there just aren't any clouds. Mei-Lei tells him to wait until nightfall, that the rains will dance over the village. Moko doesn't believe her, there isn't a cloud in sight! Suddenly, the sky darkens and Mei-Lei wants to return to the village, but Moko wants to know more. He climbs the hill behind the village to get a better look at the sky. The wind picks up and a great wave of rain washes everything in its wake. Moko and Mei-Lei take shelter from the monsoon behind a rock. To make the rain stop Mei-Lei starts to sing and dance. Bit by bit the rain subsides and the two friends decide to return to the village. Moko thinks that Mei-Lei's dancing was magical and had the power to stop the rain.

(Source: DCMP)

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Keywords:
physics, weather

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  • Moko: Rain Dance

    Type:
    Video
    Format:
    Streaming
    Accommodations:
    English Captions - Auditory, English Audio Descriptions - Visual, Spanish Captions - Auditory, Spanish Audio Descriptions - Visual
    Languages:
    English, Spanish
    License:
    DCMP Membership
    Author:
    New Dimension Media/Questar
    Length:
    5 minutes