The most widely circulated Wa folk dances
There are 13 types of Wa folk dances: the Wooden Drum Dance, the Mourning Dance, the U-Bar Dance, the Ramu Bridge Dance, the Knife Dance, the Three String Dance, the Bee Bucket Drum Dance, the Song Playing Dance, the Bisong Dance, the Jumping Pendulum Dance, the Song and Dance without Music Accompaniment, the Lusheng Dance, etc. There are more than 70 kinds of dances. ***There are more than 70 kinds of dances. The main features of Wa dance are: complex lower limb movements, big changes in dance steps, double stomping and single kicking, one step stomping, three step stomping, three steps and one kicking, one step kicking, lifting the leg and pressing the ground, etc. These features have formed the whole Wa folk dance with strong strength, boldness, boldness, and ancient, simple and thick style.
Except for the wooden drum dance, the bee bucket drum dance and the beat song, the popular places and movements of the 10 kinds of dances of the Wa ethnic group in Cangyuan are as follows:
Mourning Dance: The Wa ethnic group dances the customary dance for the mourning of the prestigious dead and the appeasement of the deceased's relatives. It is popularized in the area of Nanla Township and Banlao Township. The dance is not accompanied by musical instruments, but is sung by the dancers and chorused by the crowd, and the dancers form a circle and dance hand in hand, facing the coffin, and the movement is composed of only five movements from the beginning to the end: stomping, lifting up the legs, slightly leaning down and stepping, and straightening up the body.
Ustick dance: rock handsome around the tribute to the village has contributed to the people and plagiarized cattle when jumping men and women collective tribute dance. The whole dance is accompanied by bamboo and copper bells. The mortar stick (used for pounding rice) represents having food and clothing, the bamboo means having housing, and the copper bell (horse bell) means having a horse to ride. The accompaniment is performed in two beats. There is no singing, and the dance movements are light and flexible.
Ramuqiao: Nuoliang area Ramuqiao process of male and female collective dance, which contains the custom of rituals and entertainment in two content, the entire dance by the Ramuqiao and knife dance composed of two major parts. When dancing, the dancers stand in a few eights and sing and dance while pulling the wooden bridge with the rattan rope, without accompanying instruments. The general idea of the song is to pray that the wooden bridge can reach its destination safely. After the completion of the bridge, two men dance the Double Sword Dance to the accompaniment of elephant foot drums, cymbals, sharp points, and gongs when they kill a pig and plagiarize a cow. The strength of the dancers changes with the rhythm of the accompanying music.
Knife Dance: a kind of self-defense and self-defense 'folk knife skills, dance is a male group dance, from the Dai area. Knife Dance consists of five parts: squatting step, left knee kneeling movement, right knee kneeling movement, left upper step left knee kneeling movement, right upper step right knee kneeling movement. No instrumental accompaniment, generally only in the more significant festivals to perform.
Three-string Dance: a kind of collective dance for men and women's self-entertainment passed down from Wa ancestors without any seasonal difference. Under the moonlight, there is no singing and dancing with the accompaniment of three strings, and the dance movement is vigorous, elegant and free. Dance music exciting, lyrical, is a minor key music. Young men and women often tell each other their love during the dance.
The Harmonica Dance: The content and nature of the Three-string Dance are largely the same, and it is also a kind of non-seasonal dance that belongs to the Wa ancestry. The Harmonica Dance is accompanied by a harmonica made of bamboo scorn, a collective self-indulgent dance for young men and women, with strong and powerful dance movements, and fresh and cheerful dance music.
Bisong Dance: translated into Chinese, it means "jumping in a circle". It is a collective dance for men and women, accompanied by Bisong (i.e. straight xiao), which has been passed down from Wa ancestors, and is performed regardless of the seasons and when men and women are entertaining and socializing. During the dance, the player blows in the middle and dances while blowing, while the other dancers dance in the periphery in a circle, holding hands and also dancing with the rhythm of the music by shouting, which makes the dance dashing, spontaneous, rugged and bold.
Wa Jumping Pendulum: a collective dance for self-entertainment of men and women that has been handed down in the areas of Ban Lao, Ban Hong and Nan La. Accompanied by Hinayana Buddhism, it is only danced once during the Water Festival, the Shut Door Festival and the Open Door Festival. The biggest difference between Wa Pendulum Dance and Dai Pendulum Dance is that Dai Pendulum Dance belongs to male group dance and is accompanied by elephant foot drums, sharp points and cymbals. The Wa dance is a male and female group dance, which is danced to the beat of the beehive drums, sharp points and cymbals. The dance is casual and improvisational. Song and Dance without Music Accompaniment: The Wa traditional self-indulgent song and dance is categorized into three types: group dance for male and female children, group dance for female children, and group dance for female youth. The male and female children's group dance is a dance in the form of a game in which children dance, and its form is lively and vivid. For example, "Going Out", "Going Round and Round", "Road Ping Ping", "Peanut Dance" and so on. Female children's group dance is a dance that shows female children doing housework while dancing to a song, such as "Spring Water Flow" and "Wrapping Leaves". Female Youth Group Dance is a dance for women to show their beauty to men and express their pursuit of love after maturity. The dance is dashing and free, affectionate and heroic, and the music is upbeat and strong, such as the "Hair Dance" and "Duo Yi Hua".
Lusheng Dance: The most widely circulated folk dance of Wa is a collective dance for men and women's self-entertainment, which is usually performed during the New Year festivals. The dance is accompanied only by the rusheng, and the dancers also make up their own lyrics while shouting and cheering. Lusheng Dance*** has more than 50 kinds of jumping methods and accompanying dance music. Its *** with the same characteristics are: jumping stomping strong, mostly for the left foot light, right foot heavy, hand movements for the body of the natural drooping, swinging back and forth. Formation for the face of the counterclockwise direction of the circle, sometimes clockwise step back, retreating to the center of the circle. The dance is casual and improvisational, and the dance is dashing, bold, stalwart and simple, and its content mostly expresses the Wa people's love of life and hometown.
Pounding and Pestle Dance: It is the most widely spread and popularized dance among the Wa, and almost every village will dance it. After the liberation, the Pounding and Pestle Dance has been processed and organized and has been put on the art stage, on the screen and on TV.
Pounding Wooden Drum Dance: It is one of the oldest and most representative folk dances widely spread in Wa villages. When the craftsmen made the wooden drums and tried to knock them to their satisfaction, they lifted them into the wooden drum room and put them on the shelves, and then everyone could not wait to swing their mallets and beat them. The dance is wild.
Hair Dance: It is a kind of dance widely spread among Wa women. The Hair Dance has a long history and is an ancestral tradition of the Wa tribe. Wa women love long hair and take long hair as their beauty, and they used to wear long hair over their shoulders since they were young. Whenever women wash their hair with water under the water bamboo groove, they have to lower their heads and comb their hair to dry and rectify the shape; after that, they organize and improve it to become the "Hair Shaking Dance".
Blanket dance: a mass dance. Regardless of the time of year, occasions, especially young men and women, like to perform under the bright moon.
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