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Ritual Animal Disguise: Lion Dance, Whittlesey, Straw Bear, Hobby Horse, Golowan Festival, Mari Lwyd, Dragon Dance, Jonkonnu Parades


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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 33. Chapters: Lion dance, Whittlesey, Straw bear, Hobby horse, Golowan Festival, Mari Lwyd, Dragon dance, Jonkonnu parades, Pre-Christian Alpine traditions, Abbots Bromley Horn Dance, Guise dancing, Montol Festival, Kukeri, Dorset Ooser, Busojaras, Zvončari, Hoodening, Badalisc. Excerpt: Lion dance (simplified Chinese: traditional Chinese: pinyin: wǔshī) is a form of traditional dance in Chinese culture, in which performers mimic a lion's movements in a lion costume. The lion dance is often mistakenly referred to as dragon dance. An easy way to tell the difference is that a lion is operated by two people, while a dragon needs many people. Also, in a lion dance, the performers' faces are covered, since they are inside the lion. In a dragon dance, the performers can be seen since the dragon is held upon poles. Basic lion dance fundamental movements can be found in most Chinese martial arts. The story goes that once upon a time a monk had a dream in which there were many sorrows and evils plaguing the land. The monk prayed and asked the gods how he could prevent these evils from occurring. The gods told him that a lion would protect them and fight back the evils. The Chinese people had never see a lion before, but had heard stories that the lion was the king of all the other animals, so the monk combined all the lucky or magical animals he could think of and so made a lion. If you look closely at any lion, you can see a red sash tied on its horn. It is told that the lion was disrespectful to the Jade Emperor. This of course caused the Jade Emperor to get very angry, so as a punishment he chopped off his horn (The source of his life) and the lion died. The Goddess of Mercy (Guan Yin) felt bad for him so she tied his horn back on with a red sash with golden leaves and chanted to the lion and he came back to life. Lion dances can b...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781233165063
  • Publisher: Books LLC, Wiki Series
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC, Wiki Series
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 34
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Weight: 82 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1233165062
  • Publisher Date: 20 Aug 2011
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Lion Dance, Whittlesey, Straw Bear, Hobby Horse, Golowan Festival, Mari Lwyd, Dragon Dance, Jonkonnu Parades
  • Width: 189 mm


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