Declarer: Xiangxi Tujia-Miao Autonomous Prefecture,Hunan Province
The drum dance is the drum and folk dance from the ancient home of the Miao people of Hunan Province. The drum dance is in the blood of the Miao people whose festivals come alive with the rhythm of drumbeats and dance. When they gather to celebrate feast days, there are bound to be endless sounds of the drumbeat.
There are more than ten kinds of Miao Minority drum dances. The most familiar ones are the flower-drum dance, the monkey drum dance, the single-female drum dance, the single male drum dance and the reunion drum dance. Drums accompany the dancers who jump around and use their feet and hands to beat at the ground. Different dances have different levels of physical exertion. The monkey dance is flexible, the flower dance is gentle, charming and feminine, the male dance is bold and unconstrained, the female dance is gentle and the reunion dance is magnificent and lively.
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