arts

• chinese peking opera :: combinations of music, vocal performances, pantomine, dance and acrobatics.
• it evolved during qing dynasty
• kabuki :: a traditional japanese popular drama with singing and dancing performed in a highly stylized manner. it has been a major theatrical form in japan for centuries.
• three main categories :: jidaimo ; historical play, sewamono ; focuses on commoners and shosagoto ; dance performances
• wayang kulit :: a type of shadow puppet theater in indonesia, it was originated in java, bali and lombok province.
• wayang kulit :: it portrays mainly about evil and good.
• dalang [balinese] and dhalang [javanese]
• ramayana ; love story, mahabhrata ; great battles and serat menak ; heroism of amir hamza.
• nang :: a famous shadow puppet in thailand, used for public entertainment during village festivals
• nang :: its performances portrays religious themes and some episodes from the ramayana epic, also family conflict
• nang talung :: leather puppets that has a moveable joints controlled by strings
• nang yai :: it does not have any moveable joint, but it has some style and it is also the presenter in nang talung
• spring festivals or chinese new year :: celebrated by many countries with chinese population and it is from chinese namechunjie that marks the end of the winter and started the spring season.
• dragon and lion dance that symbolizes strength, power, and goodluck
• taiko drum festival [japan] :: it is centered from sado island, japan. it delivers two meanings, heartbeat and children of the drum
• drums are very significant most especially for the laborers of japan because they use it for some rituals.
• The drum performance focuses in the following:

  -Uchite, the taiko drummer

  Different kinds of drums

  Fue and shamisen appearance on stage

  vocal and dance performances

  pieces composed by contemporary

  songwriters

  -about an hour and forty minutes performances
• balines dance festival [indonesia] :: a hindu tradition that a part of religious and artistic expression of balinese people.
• it personified as shiva's wife durga sometimes called uma or kali. the movements are associated with the rhythms produced by the gamelan
• the balinese dancers are trained before their birth, as early as the age of seven, the official training would took place
• lantern festival, yi peng or sky lantern festival [thailand] :: is held on the full moon of the 12th month in the thai lunar calendar, usually falls in november . they launch lanterns with a small prayer, petition or good wishes.
• loy ir loi krathong festival :: held on the same date as the lantern festival, loi;to float krathong;lotus-shaped holder that floats in the water
• lantern festival :: they believed that it will send a person's bad luck into the air, sharing good fortune and considered a good luck