Dance of the Gaoshan people

The folk songs and dances of the Gaoshan people have a long historical tradition and have become an indispensable part of the lives of the Gaoshan people.

The dance of the Gaoshan people mainly simulates, reflects and reproduces the movements and scenes of production and life such as fishing, hunting, farming, etc., and has a distinctive primitive dance color. Its content is rich and colorful, and its form is mostly group dance. The number of people ranges from dozens to hundreds or even thousands. Often with a blazing bonfire as the center, people gather to drink, and while they are drunk, they sing and dance together. Everyone joins hands to form a circle, sometimes "linking arms to surround", sometimes "linking arms to sing", stamping feet, jumping, swaying, waving hands rhythmically, The scene was spectacular and lively. Common folk dances of the Gaoshan ethnic group include:

Hand-holding dance: It is the most popular and representative dance form of the Gaoshan ethnic group. People usually refer to it as the Gaoshan ethnic dance. It is based on the idea that everyone joins hands and sings. And dance is the main feature.

Pestle Song: The Gaoshan people have the habit of pounding rice with a pestle and mortar. The Pestle Song shows such a labor scene. During the dance, women dress in festive costumes, wear flowers on their heads, hold a pestle around the mortar, and sing During the dance, the rhythm changes from slow to fast to create a unique and interesting labor movement.

Hair tossing dance: It is one of the unique dances of Yamei women. Generally, there is no limit to the number of participants, as long as they have long hair. During the dance, the women line up in a row, hold each other's arms, touch their chests with their hands, step back and forth, and slowly shake their bodies and long hair. As the melody of the music speeds up, the swings of the body and head become larger and larger, and gradually reach a climax: moving forward, bending the knees and bending over, tossing the long hair forward, then retreating, straightening the waist, and quickly tossing the hair up. This goes back and forth, over and over again. The hair swing dance takes the long and fluttering black hair as the centerpiece of the performance. It contains strong primitive vitality and has always been deeply loved by the Gaoshan people.