The wooden drum dance is distributed in the townships of Yanshuai, Shanjia, Nuoliang, Menglai, Mengjiao, Banhong and other townships of the Wa Autonomous County of Cangyuan, Lincang City, and all villages and hamlets have their own wooden drum song and dance venues. Now there are more than 700 large, medium and small-sized wooden drums in Cangyuan County, and there are a lot of people who can dance wooden drums and sing wooden drum songs. All Wa villages have a group of artists who understand the whole process of the Wooden Drum Ritual and are able to sing the Wa La Wooden Drum Tune, and have a more prominent inheritance system and representative artists with greater influence. It is said that the Chen Changbao family in Jianjian Village of Iwashuai Township has had 28 generations of wooden drum dance passers. The Wa wooden drum dance has a long history, and legend has it that the wooden drum is the Wa's divine weapon to the sky and a symbol of the Wa's history and culture, which centrally embodies the Wa's folk songs, dances, literature, art and religious beliefs.
On May 20, 2006, the wooden drum dance was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.
Africa is a passionate and exuberant country of song and dance, the African people can not live without dance, the same can not be separated from the wooden drum, their dance forms are:
One of Ghana's dance
Ghana's traditional folk rituals are many, almost every time you hold a certain ceremony, are jumping with the rituals of the dance, especially when it is the funeral is absolutely indispensable to dance, otherwise it will be considered inauspicious, and it will be considered inauspicious, and it will be considered inauspicious. Otherwise it is considered an unlucky omen. One of the most common dances performed at funerals is the Ashanti Adowa dance. This dance is performed in a variety of ways, both solo and in a group, with both men and women dancing together in a wonderful spectacle. It is also danced in public as a social dance and before the outbreak of war to boost morale. During the dance, musical instruments made of gourds and beads are played, a metal gong is struck to accompany the dance, and onlookers clap their hands.
Second, the Fontenfroem Dance
The Fontenfroem Dance is a dance performed by Ghanaians on the most important occasions, and is named after the Fontenfroem Drums that are used to accompany the dance. Fontenfroem drums are deep in tone, and their sound, like a sob, is solemn and sacred, which makes people feel reverence after listening to it. The dancers express their deepest feelings with beautiful postures and vigorous movements.
Three, Asafo dance
Assafo dance is the most grandiose of Ghanaian dance, people often use this dance to show the spectacular scenes of war, and therefore also called "war dance", or "patriotic dance". Under the accompaniment of majestic drums and loud trumpets, hundreds of dancers dressed as soldiers, waving spears and bows and arrows, singing battle songs, the group is excited and dignified.
Four, Halev dance
In Ghana generally popular modern dance called Halev dance, this dance is developed from the basis of the traditional dance, with the kind of strong sense of rhythm of the traditional dance, in addition to orchestral instruments accompanied by African drums. Along with the song, music and drums, the dancers dance freely and unrestrainedly, with open movements, reflecting a strong African style. Halev dance is a kind of integration of the advantages of Eastern and Western dance, widely welcomed by the people, has transcended the Ghanaian national boundaries, popular to many African countries.