Yet, the bronze drum plays an even more important role in the life of those Zhuang people who inhabit the Red Water River delta in the
GuangxiZhuang Autonomous Region, as it is an indispensable feature of the widely popular Frog Festival there.
Because the frog symbolizes the spring and a good harvest for the Zhuang people, in a tradition that still exists, they go out together into the fields on the first day of the Spring Festival, beating their bronze drums and looking for frogs. Whoever catches a frog will enjoy good luck throughout the year.
The bronze drum dance contains the historical and cultural evolution of the Yi and Zhuang people, and provides traces of the nature and ancestor worship, and has a distinct ethnic flavor.
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