1. Self-entertaining dance
Self-entertainment programs include Ga Guang, Elephant Foot Drum Dance, Yela Club, and Shout Half a Light, among which Ga Guang and Elephant Foot Drum Dance are the most representative. ?
"Gaguang" is a A Dai language. "Ga" means jumping or dancing. "Wide" refers to drums in general, and also refers to gathering and accumulation. "Ga Guang" can be translated as "dancing around the drum" or "dancing encouragement". Xishuangbanna is called "Fanguang", and many places are also called "Tiaobai" and "Ningbai".
This dance is the oldest dance of the Dai people, and it is popular in more than 20 counties and cities. It is a kind of self-entertaining dance, which can be danced by men, women and children, regardless of the venue.
Step 2 perform dance
The dances performed include peacock dance, Elephant Dance, Fish Dance, Butterfly Dance and Hat Dance. The most representative is peacock dance. Peacock dance is the most distinctive performing dance among Dai dances, which is popular in Dehong, Xishuangbanna, Jinggu, Menglian, Gengma and other counties.
Peacock dance is called "Galoyong" in Dehong Dai language and "Fanoyong" in Xishuangbanna Dai language. "Ga" and "Fan" both mean to jump or jump; "Luo Yong" and "Nuoyong" both mean "Peacock". During the performance, the dancers wore a pagoda-shaped golden crown mask, peacock props and musical instruments such as elephant feet drums and cymbals.
3. Sacrificial dance
Dai Sacrificial Dances in Areas with Mixed Ethnic Minorities. In the Dai village of Yuanyang County, "Sacrifice and Encouragement" is a simple action, accompanied by drums, with teachers and mothers singing and dancing on the altar and the masses dancing freely under the stage. ?
There is a kind of "dragon dance" in the Dai folk houses in Shiping County, which is carried out in the activity of offering sacrifices to dragon trees.
Xinping county also has a "lion dance" at the funeral, accompanied by suona and gongs and drums; There are some routines, such as dancing around the coffin and clearing the way in front of the coffin.
Some sacrificial dances, such as "Six Gods Dance" once popular in Dehong area and "Bema Dance" once popular in Jiangcheng county, are no longer danced.
Sacrificial dance scenes can only be seen in the Dai residential area of Xinping County: on the second day of mourning, the drum blowing team must be invited to dance for the dead (that is, lion dance); The women banded together to fight with the men.