![]() ![]() There is also a standalone yak performance, which is aptly called the ‘yak dance’. It is learned that a snow lion dance costume weighs up to 20kg.Ī black costumed yak dances along with the snow lions during the performance too. The Off, a Himalayan travel site, wrote that the snow lion is a mythical creature that exemplifies enlightenment and fearlessness. The dance is to commemorate the relationship between humans and nature. The man restored his physical health after that. In the story, the lions came to offer a man milk as he was mediating in hunger. The ‘snow lion dance’, or known locally as Singi Chham, is a lion dance in the Ladakh region, the mountainous region in the north of India, Tibet, Xinjiang (China), and the north of Pakistan.Īccording to a Kickstarter project webpage, which aimed to help Tibetan youths preserve the snow lion dance tradition while raising money to purchase lion dance costumes, the dance tells the story of a family of lions and a famished man. Not only is the dance is meant to ward off bad luck, it also acts as a prayer for a bountiful harvest and prosperity for the villages when it is performed during the first lunar month. The performance is also joined by a masked person, called the hunchback’s dance, as well as a dance with children on adults’ shoulders. Unlike lion dances in other regions, the bukcheong lion dance is not patriarchal in nature as it is danced along with two women, called the geosa dance. The lion dance in Korea is called the ‘bukcheong lion dance’.Īccording to, the lion dance is commonly catogerised as a folk play, whereby the lion will dance to jaunty melodies played on a six-holed bamboo recorder, called a tungso. It is also performed during religious Shinto festivals. Instead of dancing to drums, shishimai is performed to folk songs played from a sanshin, a three-string musical instrument.įurthermore, Japan Update noted that the style of dancing and design of the lion differs from other regions. It is believed that the dance can cast away evil spirits and it is performed with high energy and elegance. Known in Japanese as ‘shishimai’, the lion dance is performed during Kanegusuku Shishimai Festival, which falls on the full moon of every September, according to local travel site Okinawa Information. In some cultures, the lion dance is also performed outside of new year celebrations.īelow is a list of how the lion dance looks like in five different countries: However, do you know that the Chinese communities around the world have lion dances of their own?Īll of them have a distinctive style. It’s a Muar-born tradition and has been recognised by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (Unesco), according to theSundaiy. The acrobatic lion dance on poles is called High Pole Lion Dance. While we Malaysians are familiar with the yellow-red-costumed lion dance, we are also the one who popularised the acrobatic lion dance on poles It is believed that the lion dance will bring good luck and fortune to the premise where it is performed, which explains why the lion dance is often performed on important occasions such as weddings and business opening ceremonies. The lion dance is performed to tell the origin story of Chinese New Year and celebrate the festivity. The news spread, and everyone commanded the ways of defending against the beast. The lion dance is a tradition to commemorate the defeat of ‘Nian’, a mythical beast that came to attack villages in China every new yearĪccording to ancient Chinese legend, when the villagers in China learned that the beast was afraid of loud noises and the colour red, they painted their houses red and put up firecrackers on every first day of the lunar calendar. ![]()
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