The most festive waist drum dance

The most festive waist drum is Ansai waist drum.

Ansai waist drum is a must in the Loess Plateau, and its rough, vigorous and dynamic style is integrated with the local natural environment, geographical features and folk customs. Another point is quite interesting: it is the combination of man and drum, and no musical instrument can require the combination of man and musical instrument to reach such a height.

People's performance and musical instrument "performance" are completely blended and complement each other. Therefore, the performance of success is that people borrow the drum potential, drum the power of others, and they are hearty and smooth. The essay Ansai Waist Drum just captures this feature of Ansai Waist Drum.

The method of playing waist drum:

Playing waist drum is generally performed by a team composed of many people. During the performance, the actor hangs a small drum obliquely around his waist, holds a drumstick in both hands, and beats the drum with the accompaniment of gongs and drums and suona. Its movements, sometimes prancing and jumping, are passionate and unrestrained; Sometimes patting is slow, gentle and dexterous.

Its formation, sometimes a long dragon, sometimes a square, changes in an orderly manner, and the pace is neat. Young actors, in particular, are very devoted and full of masculinity in their performances, and often win applause from the audience.

Waist drum playing skills:

Waist drum dance, also known as "beating the waist drum", is one of the forms of folk dance. Folk dances popular in northern Shaanxi before liberation were mostly performed during the New Year, and sometimes yangko teams were inserted to dance with them. After liberation, it was almost all over the country. In the early 1950s, it was a popular group dance in the whole province.

Performers have a dozen or dozens of waist drum players, half male and half female, and several people are equipped with double cymbals and small drum bugles. The waist drum wears a cloth at hand, a white or green double-breasted coat on the upper body, colored trousers and a tie on the lower body, and a simple makeup on his face, which looks like a brave man.

This woman is wearing a headscarf and colorful clothes. The waist drum used is about 1 ft long and 5 inches in diameter. When performing, the waist drum is tied to the drummer's waist. Drummers hold drumsticks, open their bows left and right, sometimes hitting the side and sometimes hitting the face, and at the same time changing various formations, performing skills such as running, jumping, jumping, throwing single fork and throwing double fork.