After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Dai ethnic group is no longer divided into water Dai, flower waist Dai, dry Dai, collectively known as the Dai ethnic group, whose dances are characterized by graceful and graceful, with a gentle rhythm, but with a soft exterior and a strong interior.
One: Water Dai
Keeping more ethnic characteristics of Xishuangbanna, Menglian, Ruili and other places Dai known as "water Dai", a Dai, calling themselves "Ru Dai Lunan," meaning "son of the water. "Therefore, they are called "Water Dai", also known as "White Dai". They live in various parts of Yunnan by the riverside, such as the Water Dai on the banks of the Tengzhi River, which is very famous.
Compared with the "Dry Dai", the Shui Dai have the following characteristics:
Clothing: Women love to wear blue or white narrow-sleeved tights and colorful flower "tube skirts".
Housing: they live in bamboo buildings, which are warm in winter and cool in summer.
Agriculture: rice cultivation and fishing are the main activities.
Living habits: known for being water-friendly.
Two: Hua Waist Dai
"Hua Waist Dai" has its own distinctive cultural characteristics compared with the Dai of other regions, which are not affected by the culture of Buddhism in the upper part of the southern tradition, and believe in the primitive religious worship of the spirit of all things, which is the most distinctive embodiment of the original type of cultural characteristics;
The colorful and rich dress culture is the most distinctive manifestation of the original type of cultural characteristics;
The colorful and rich content of the dress culture is the most distinctive manifestation of the original type of cultural characteristics. The colorful and rich dress culture is the most magical and beautiful landscape; the ancient, deep, natural and harmonious folk customs and traditions have preserved the original cultural traits of the Dai ancestors; the Dai settlement area of less than 700 square kilometers in the Red River Valley is a magnificent place where people can feel the blending of the ancient civilization with the modern civilization.
Three: Dry Dai
"Dry Dai" is close to Han, absorbing more Han culture, called Han Dai, blackmailed as "Dry Dai", "Dry Dai", a nickname given to the Dai by Han literati, mainly refers to the Dai in water-scarce areas. The concept of "Han (Dry) Dai and Water Dai" can be traced back to the early Qing Dynasty. The ethnic groups living in Dehong/Banna called themselves "Dai", but the word "Dai" was invented after the founding of the People's Republic of China, and was therefore transliterated as "Pendulum Yi" (which may have been a transliteration of the Yi).
In order to refer to the convenience, the Qing Dynasty people geographically close to the mainland, to take more Han habits of life in the pendulum Yi called "Han pendulum Yi", the result of the blackmail into the "dry pendulum Yi"; naturally, with the opposite, the people of the geographic distance from the mainland, maintaining the characteristics of the Dai ethnic group. Naturally, in contrast, people will be geographically farther away from the mainland, maintaining more characteristics of the Dai people called "water pendulum Yi"; in addition, at that time, due to the clothing habits, but also the Dai people in the middle reaches of the Red River known as the "flower pendulum Yi".
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The Dai dances are varied, diverse and popular, and each has its own characteristics. The representative programs can be divided into three categories: self-indulgence, performance and ritual.
1, self-indulgent street dance "Ga light", "elephant foot drum dance", "Yelahui" and "shouting half-light "and so on, the most representative of which is the" Gaguang "and" elephant foot drum dance ".
2. Performing dances include "Peacock Dance", "Elephant Dance", "Fish Dance", "Butterfly Dance" and "Butterfly Dance". "Gomer Hat Dance" and so on. The most representative is the Peacock Dance.
3, ritual dances are "ritual drum dance", "jumping dragon dance", "lion dance", "jumping Liu Shen
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