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文化 Dec 21 – Dec 23
Yuansheng Music and Dance Festival: Performances
Yuansheng Music and Dance Festival (Overview)
December 21 (Monday)
- 9:30am Opening Ceremony (Program A)
- 2:30pm Program B1
Singing: Rituals, Funerary Songs
Dance: Ritual
Instrumental: Suona
Singing: Narrative Songs, Epics
Instrumental: Lusheng Gourd Pipe
- 7:30pm Program B2
Performance by the Dai of Menglian County
Tibetan Music and Dance from Diqing Prefecture
December 22 (Tuesday)
- 9:30am Program B3
Singing: Customs, Marriage and Wedding Songs
Instrumental: Mouth Harp
Dance: Ritual Drums, Festival Drums
Singing: Labor, Celebrations and Life Narratives (1)
- 2:30pm Program B4
Singing: Labor, Celebrations and Life Narratives (2)
Instrumental: Instrumental Performances
Singing: Love Songs, Mountain Songs
Dance: Group Dances (1)
- 7:30pm Program B5
Instrumental: Two String, Three String and Four String Guitar, Flute, Bawu Reed Pipe, Tree Leaf,
Qibei
Dance: Group Dances (2)
December 23 (Wednesday)
- 2:30pm Sounds of the Yunnan Countryside
a multimedia performance by the Yuansheng Rural Music and Dance Troupe (Program C)
- 7:30pm Closing and Awards Ceremony (Program D)
Tickets to all performances are free:
To reserve tickets, send name, telephone number, program and number of tickets to the following:
Jeff Crosby (email: jeff AT crosbyart.com)