Introduction of bamboo pole dance of various ethnic groups
Bamboo pole dance is popular in many ethnic groups, and has different development in each ethnic group, the following is the introduction of bamboo pole dance of various ethnic groups that I have compiled, welcome to read!
1. Wa Bamboo Dance
Wa is an ethnic group living across the border, which is distributed in China, Myanmar and Thailand. There are nearly 300,000 Wa in China, distributed in Cangyuan, Ximeng, Gengma, Shuangjiang, Zhenkang, Yongde and Lancang counties in the western and southwestern parts of Yunnan Province, Xishuangbanna Autonomous Prefecture and Dehong Dai Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture. Among them, the Cangyuan Wa Autonomous County and the Ximeng Wa Autonomous County are the main areas inhabited by the Wa, and the population of the Wa in these two counties accounts for about 58 percent of the total population of the Wa in China. The Wa in China are found between the Lancang River and the Salween River, in the southern section of the Nushan Mountains. In this section, the mountains overlap and there are very few flat dams, so it is also called the A Wa Mountainous Region.
Wa is a people who can sing and dance well. The bamboo pole dance, which used to be a dance performed by the blessed old people after their deaths, has now become an entertaining dance.
The form of dance is the same as the bamboo pole dance of the Li tribe in Hainan Province of China. That is, two large bamboo poles flat on the ground, outside the two large bamboo poles, people two a pair, face to face with small bamboo poles, along the large bamboo poles back and forth sliding bumping, dancers in the two poles sliding collision gap in the jump. The dance moves imitate ants, turtledoves, leopards, paintbrush and other animal forms to jump, lively and cheerful.
Bamboo pole dance, generally in the walled village in the prestigious, influential old man held after the death of the pestle and mortar hit the bamboo pole and dance, walled village men, women and children can participate. The local old man said: "Although people die, but the soul does not die, it to another world after the same can not leave the song and dance, so people have to sing and dance to send him off." It is this open-minded view of life and death that creates many funeral dances in Wa.
2. Miao Bamboo Dance
The Bamboo Dance is a kind of self-entertainment dance created by the Miao people around Dongwang Township, Luodian County, which mainly expresses the pursuits and ideals of free love of young Miao men and women, and it is usually performed on the major festivals and when welcoming honored guests.
The performance requirements of the bamboo dance are not very harsh, and the props requirements are relatively simplified. As long as there is a piece of flat grass, you can perform. Generally 8 pairs of young men and women, the performance of men with short clothes, waist tie red satin; women with the unique handmade skirt of the Miao, accompanied by the Miao drums beat, and a burst of cheers, and red satin, colorful skirts together to create a simple and free of the beauty of the show.
The Bamboo Dance is generally divided into four parts: Encounter in the mountains, Crossing the river on a bridge, Falling in love, and Carrying the bride home, each of which reveals the sincere feelings of young Miao men and women, and is full of many aesthetic elements of the original ecology, which is simple and natural.
3. Li Bamboo Dance
"Jumping Chai" is an ancient ritual of the Li people. Hundreds of years ago, when the Li family worked hard to return the new grain to the barn, the village men, women and children would put on festive costumes, and every family cooked new rice, brewed glutinous rice wine, slaughtered livestock, and sacrificed to the ancestors and gods. After a good meal, the people would come to the hillside, light bonfires and dance the bamboo pole dance. The sound of the bamboo clanks, celebrating a good harvest and wishing for a better harvest in the coming year.
With the changes of the times, the custom of "jumping firewood" has gradually evolved among the Li people. Nowadays, its sacrificial color gradually disappears, and it has become a kind of sports and fitness activities with national cultural color. In the past, the custom of "female beating and male jumping" was limited to "male and female mixed beating and jumping". Now, jumping bamboo poles has become a healthy activity in "March 3" Lizhai Mountain Love Festival. Young men and women look for "partners" and enhance their friendship by jumping on bamboo poles. A small bamboo pole for young men and women set up a "magpie bridge".
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