Music and Dance of Mosuo People

Mosuo people are good at singing and dancing, and the popular dance is "Jiaju Dance" (commonly known as jumping). "A" means beauty, "Ju" means dancing, which means dancing at a beautiful time. It's beautiful. The folk music and dance of Mosuo people are part of traditional culture. The music of Mosuo people, except the funeral lyrics, is generally loud and unconstrained. Fixed music tunes include Ahabara, Madadah, Beating Wheat, Performing Hemp, Funeral Melody, Lullaby, Gem Goddess Hymn and Gacuokuo, that is, Dapaoqu.

Mosuo people's musical instruments include flute, cucurbit silk, suona, drum, cymbal, violin drum, hand-cranked brass bell, oral string and so on. Among the above-mentioned musical instruments, the most commonly used instrument is the flute, which can be played by men and shepherds aged seven or eight. The flute is also a close partner to dispel loneliness in Yongning's horse-driving journey. Hulusheng is an instrument that a few people can use when they jump. Other musical instruments mainly include the instruments used by priests' buses and lamas during sacrificial ceremonies.

Mosuo dance is colorful and rich in content, with distinctive Mosuo dance color and strong national characteristics. There is a saying that Mosuo people can dance 72 kinds of dances, which shows that Mosuo people have rich kinds of dances.