Yunnan Volume: Dongba Dance of the Naxi Ethnic Group

Dongba Dance is an indispensable part of the rituals of chanting scriptures or praying the god of the Dongba religions of the Naxi ethnic group. The aim of this dance is to drive the devils away, so the dancing atmosphere are very the movements calm and stable. Dongba Dance belongs to the kind of primitive religious dance category and has a wide range of contents which fall into seven categories: Sacrifice to the Wind, Remove the Disasters, Sacrifice to the Moutain God and the Dragon Kings, Remove the Dirt, Start a Funeral, Recommendation and Praying for Longevity.

  Yunnan Volume: Big Drum Dance of the Jinuo Ethnic Group

Big Drum Dance, popular in the Jinuo ethnic group of Yunnan Province, could be traced back to the ancestral sacrifice, family sacrifice, and house-building celebration. This dance is unrestrained, calm, stimulating and well combining both softness and hardness.

  Tibet Volume: Qiangmu of the Tibetan Ethnic Group

Qiangmu, a religious dance of Tibetan Buddhism, is indeed a well established performing art form com- bining scripture chanting in perfect unison with music and dance, and performed in the temples by the monks with solemn and splendid atmospheres.

Qiangmu consist of A Qiangmu and Copper Qiangmu while the former is very slow and moderate with drum music as its main accompaniment and the latter very passionate and unstrained with copper wind in-strument music.

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