What is the name of the Wa dance?

1. Wooden drum is called Krukro in Wa language. It is one of the oldest and most representative folk dances widely spread in the villages of the Wa ethnic group. When the craftsmen finished making the wooden drum and were satisfied with the sound, they would carry it into the wooden drum room and put it on the rack, and then everyone could not wait to beat it with their hammers. Dancing wildly.

2. Hair swing dance, called Ai Duan Wei He in Wa language, is a self-entertainment dance by Wa women. "Hair Swinging Dance" originated a long time ago and is an ancestral dance of the Wa people. Wa women love long hair and regard long hair as a beauty. They have been accustomed to wearing long hair shawl since childhood. Whenever women wash their hair with water under the water bamboo trough, they have to lower their heads to comb their hair, toss their hair to dry and style it. Later, after people arranged and improved it, it became the "Hair Swinging Dance".

3. Jumping swing, jumping swing is also called elephant foot encouragement. It is a group dance for self-entertainment of men and women that is popular in Banlao, Banhong and Nanla areas. Following the successors of Theravada Buddhism, they only dance once during the Water-Splashing Festival, the Close-Door Festival, and the Open-Door Festival.

4. Chongdi Dance: It is the most widespread and popular dance among the Wa people, and can be danced in almost every village. After liberation, "Chongdi Dance" has been processed and organized and has been put on the art stage, the screen, and television.

5. Mourning dance: A customary dance performed by the Wa people to mourn the famous deceased and appease the relatives of the deceased. It is popular in Nanla Township and Banlao Township. The dance has no musical accompaniment. Instead, the lead dancer sings and everyone sings. The dancers form a circle, hold hands, and dance facing the coffin. The only movements from beginning to end are stomping, raising legs, and dancing. It consists of five movements: bending slightly, stepping, and straightening.

6. Jiubang Dance: A collective memorial dance performed by men and women when cattle are slaughtered in Yanshuai area to commemorate those who have contributed to the village. The whole dance is accompanied by bamboo and copper bells. The mortar (used for pounding rice) represents food and clothing, the bamboo represents housing, and the copper bell (horse bell) represents horse riding. The accompaniment is in two beats. There are no lyrics, and the dance movements are light and flexible.

7. Pulling the wooden bridge: A collective dance performed by men and women during the process of pulling the wooden bridge in Nuoliang area. It contains two contents: customary sacrifice and entertainment. The whole dance consists of two parts: pulling the wooden bridge and knife dance. composition. During the dance, the dancers stand in several figures and use rattan ropes to pull the wooden bridge while singing and dancing without accompaniment. The main idea of ??the lyrics is to pray that the wooden bridge can reach its destination safely. After the completion of the bridge, during the slaughtering of pigs and cattle, two men danced the double sword dance to the accompaniment of elephant drums, cymbals, cymbals and gongs. The strength, softness and strength of the knife dancer change with the rhythm of the accompanying music.

8. Knife dance: a folk sword skill spread in Banlao area for self-defense. The dance is a male group dance and is passed down from the Dai area. The sword dance consists of five parts: squatting, kneeling on the left knee, kneeling on the right knee, stepping up to the left and kneeling on the right knee, and stepping up to the right and kneeling on the right knee. There is no instrumental accompaniment and it is generally performed only on major festivals.

9. Sanxian Dance: A group dance for self-entertainment of men and women regardless of season, inherited from the ancestors of the Wa people. There is no singing under the moonlight, and the dance is performed with the accompaniment of three-stringed string instruments. The dance movements are powerful, free and easy. The dance music is exciting and lyrical, and is a minor-key music. Young men and women often express their feelings to each other while dancing.

10. Harmonica dance: The content and nature of harmonica dance are roughly the same as Sanxian dance. It is also a non-seasonal dance inherited from the ancestors of the Wa people. Harmonica dance is a harmonica accompaniment made by Zhumi. Young men and women collectively dance for self-entertainment. The dance movements are vigorous and powerful, with softness in the hardness, hardness in the softness, and the dance music is fresh and cheerful.

11. Bi Song Dance: Translated into Chinese, it means "dancing in a circle". It is an ancestral collective dance of the Wa people with the accompaniment of bisong (i.e. straight flute), regardless of season, and performed during men's and women's entertainment. During the dance, the player plays and dances in the middle, and other dancers form a circle on the outside and hold hands. Dance to the rhythm of the music with shouts. The dance is free, free, rough and bold.

12. Song and dance without music accompaniment: It is the traditional self-entertainment song and dance of the Wa people. It is divided into three types: group dance of men and women, group dance of women and children, and group dance of female youth. Group dance for boys and girls is a dance performed by children in the form of games, and its form is lively and vivid. Such as "Going Out", "Turn Around", "The Road is Flat", "Peanut Dance", etc. Female children's group dance is a dance that shows female children dancing to songs while doing housework, such as "Spring Water", "Wrapping Leaves", etc. Female youth group dance is a dance in which women show their beauty to men after they mature and express their pursuit of love. The dance is free and easy, affectionate and heroic, and the music rhythm is cheerful and strong, such as "Hair Swinging Dance", "Duoyi Flower", etc.

13. Lusheng Dance: The most widely spread folk dance of the Wa people for men and women to entertain themselves. It is usually danced during the Chinese New Year and festivals. The dance is only accompanied by reeds, and the dancers also make up their own lyrics and shout to add to the fun. . Lusheng dance has more than 50 dancing methods and accompaniment dance music. Its unique characteristics are: the jumping stomping force is strong, the left foot is light and the right foot is heavy, and the hand movements are naturally drooping and swinging back and forth. The formation is a circle facing counterclockwise, with occasional steps backwards in the clockwise direction, retreating towards the center of the circle. The dance is more random and impromptu, and the dance is chic, bold, resolute, and simple. Its content mostly expresses the Wa people's love for life and hometown.

14. Blanket dance: a mass dance. Regardless of the season or occasion, especially young men and women, they like to perform under the bright moon.