Which ethnic group's dance is the Peacock Dance? It is of the Dai ethnic group.
The Peacock Dance is the most prestigious traditional performance dance among the Dai folk dances in China, which is spread in Ruili, Luxi and Xishuangbanna of the Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province, and in the Dai-inhabited areas of Mengding, Menglian, Jinggu and Canyuan, etc., among which the Peacock Dance of Ruili, in the western part of Yunnan, is the most representative one ("Galaoyong" in Dai language).
Legend has it that more than a thousand years ago, the Dai leader called Ma Li Jie number of imitation of the peacock's beautiful posture and learn to dance, and then processed by successive generations of folk artists molding, passed down, the formation of the peacock dance. In the minds of the Dai people, the peacock is a symbol of happiness and good fortune. Not only do many people keep peacocks in their homes, but they also regard peacocks as a symbol of goodness, wisdom, beauty, good fortune and happiness. Among the many kinds of Dai dances, the peacock dance is one of the most favorite and familiar dances, and also one of the dances with the greatest changes and development.
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The Peacock Dance is distributed in a wide range of areas, the upper three parts of Ali, the four wings of the central Weizang, and the lower Duo Gan Si Six Gangs, all of which have folk dances that show the peacock. Due to the geographical environment, customs and habits of different places, the peacock dance performance form, style characteristics, skill difficulty, lyrics to the general idea, music style also has differences. In order to illustrate the differences between peacock dances around the world, several different peacock dances are borrowed for comparison and study.
The Peacock Dance, called "Garo Chung" and "Garnan Luo" in Dai language, can be performed as a solo dance, a duo dance or a trio dance. It is the favorite square performance dance of the Dai people with ancient tradition, which is widely spread in the Dai settlement area.
Among them, the peacock dance of Ruili is more wonderful and popular, and almost every village has a master of peacock dance, and there are even professional artists who make a living by dancing peacock dance. This peacock dance, mainly imitating the peacock running down the mountain, strolling through the forest, drinking water, chasing and playing, as well as dragging the wings, sun wings, wings, open screen, flying and other actions. These movements have strict programs and requirements: before each movement, there is a starting style, and after finishing, there is a closing style; there are fixed steps, positional diagrams and fixed combinations of movements.
Each combination of movements has a fixed drum accompaniment. Ruili Dai Peacock Dance is mainly a single dance, and there is also a double peacock dance. The dancers are mostly male. Shelf peacock dance dance vocabulary is particularly rich, there are "running down the mountain", "forest peeping", "walking in the forest", "shaking wings "flying down the mountain", "peeping in the forest", "walking in the forest", "shaking wings", "pointing at the water" and other movements that are a perfect simulation of the peacock's demeanor.