Arts

• Festival


  -event/community gathering (staged by a local community

  -centers on some theme; sometimes on some unique aspect of the community

  -can be religious or secular

  -faith
• happens over a few days

  Carnival
• -cultural highlights in place

  -celebration of the richness and diversity of culture and creativity

  -encompas a variety of contemporary and traditional art forms

  -exhibits anytime

  art festival
• celebrate a season, both bounty and the change of seasons

  season festival
• Thailand


  2 kinds of lantern festival

  1. yi peng - sky lantern, rice paper
  2. loi krathong - banana trunk

  praise the lord since they believe buddha has wisdom
• Japan


  earth celebration

  (kodo taiko=drum ensemble)

  collaborates w other country (music fes)
• China


  -taoists and buddhists ->hungry ghost festival for a whole month (to honor; haunted)

  -deceased people roam for gratification (get things they desire)

  -burning the things deceased people are into

  beliefs:

  1. taoists - envious
  2. buddhists - not given a proper send off
• Laos


  -raining season; Bun Bang Fai Rocket Festival aka dangerous festival

  -fire rockets are made of bamboo bongs

  -Phaya thaen - god of rain(blessing) of laos

  -for farmer
• Sri Lanka

  -Esala Perahera (10 days fes to honor tooth relic of the lord Buddha= real tooth not replica)

  -miracle
• Theater; in hinduism and buddhism the human body is accepted as a worthy medium to give praise and to worship the spirits and gods
• Asian theater

  most asian traditional theater incorporates dance movements and choreography such as symbolic hand gestures, standing and sitting, poses, battle portrayal
• Wayang kulit


  most popular shadow theater

  evolved from oral storytelling

  gamelan orchestra

  epic
• Wayang kulit - roles

  dalang - narrator, moves puppet, gives voice to the puppet
• Noh theater(japan)


  -form of poem

  -music, dances, and drama performances

  was developed in the 14th century by actor and playwright Kan’ami and his son Zeami. Slow movements, monotonous and uses mask to indicate emotions
• Noh theater - roles

  Shite - lead character

  Waki - supporting character(priest monk ot samura)

  Shitezure - shites companion

  Wakizure - wakis companion
• Hayashi

  Fue - flute

  Kotsuzumi - shoulder drum

  Otsuzumi - hip drum

  Taiko - stick drum
• Kabuki

  -comic dances(entertain people) performed by women in Kroto 1600s

  -women were banned(as it was moral) to perform the dances in 1629 which led to male actors playing bothh female and male actors
• Kabuki -role

  Wagoto - elegant hero role (nonchalant)

  Onnagata - young male actor acting like a woman.

  Arragoto - a wild warrior eho is strong and aggressive
• Peking opera

  -beijing china

  -known collectively as pihuang

  -dance, mime, music, acrobatics(martial arts)

  -no speaking lines, exaggerated movements and facial expression
• Peking opera - roles

  Sheng - male; scholars, soldiers, officials

  Dan - female; mothers, maids, female warriors

  Jing - demons, adventurer, and heroes with painted faces

  Fujing - clowns