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Performers : Chinese Tibetan Folk Drama
¢¹ Personnel : 26 Persons
This performance is based on the myths, historical biographies
and follk stories in the Tibet area. Tibetan performance
art and drama use masks. Because they believe that mask
with its clear expressions of good and evil helps spectators
to understand the charactors of the roles of the actors
and actors to communicate the message at ease. They use
musical instruments like drum and cymbals and the music
for drama is simple but religous.
Tibetan drama consists of three parts: Dun, Shung and
Jashi. Dun is the prelude in which an actor expels the
evil spirit and blesses the good spirit, gathering spectators
for the drama. Shung is the main part of the drama.
And Jashi is the last part of the drama. In this part,
actors wish spectators good luck. The performance is
full of dances. There are six major movements in dance:
Janen, Quese, Cross, Peacock, tquere and Chamram.
The performance includes Damring, Milaleba, Jegar,
Cham, Gessar, Jasishe and a ritual dance. In Damring,
you can enjoy the wonderful Tibetan dance and songs.
Milaleba is a story about Milaleba, a founder of a sect
of Tibetan Buddhism, teaching a hunter. Jegar is an
ancient folktale performed with dance. Cham is a Tibetan
religous dance which tells what the Tibetan dance is
all about. Gessar is a myth in which King Gessar chases
after an evil bird and a mockey who kidnap the queen.
In Jasishe, actors with masks bless the lives of the
people. and a ritual dance is an ancient historical
drama and masks are unique.
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