The two lines of men and women compete in their dancing. After repeated dancing, the xieben leads in shouting, "Xiu, xiu, xiu, xiu," or sings alone while the others dance to his tempo. This part of the dance is called the xiexiu, or the finale.

 Duixie dance

Duixie has two meanings. Dui means "upper" or "highland." Therefore it refers to the round dance popular in rural areas of Ngamring, Dingri, Lhaze, and Sagya counties. It also refers to the tap dance performed by urban people after the folk dance in dui areas was introduced into Lhasa .

In the mid-seventeenth century the fifth Dalai, in an effort to reinforce his rule by combining government with religion, stipulated that the Sholdon Festival be held in Lhasa from the end of June to early July every year. (The Sholdon Festival later developed into the Tibetan drama festival.) On this day groups from all parts of Tibet converged on Lhasa to perform. A group from a dui area in Tibet performed a lively and vigorous tap dance that was immediately loved and improved on by people in Lhasa. The major improvement was to start on the second beat, followed by a change of step after every three steps.

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