Chinese in Myanmar to hold lion dance competition
5/2/2008 16:40
Myanmar-Chinese residing in the Chinatown area in Myanmar's biggest city
of Yangon will hold the third traditional lion dance competitions during the
forthcoming lunar new year, an event organizer told Xinhua today, two days ahead
of the fall of Chinese Spring Festival.
Arranged to take place on a
historically famous street named Sint Oh Dan in the Chinatown, the series of
lion dance competitions will be participated by six amateur lion dancing groups
of local Myanmar-Chinese and the contests will run for four consecutive nights
starting next Monday, the 5th day of the Chinese new calendar year, said Zhou
Baofu, who is a Guangdong native.
These groups are Y.S.L, Global Lion,
Dragon, Lion Boy, Pearl Black and the Last Don, he said.
Winning dancing
groups will repeat their wonderful performances to the satisfaction of the
audiences, Zhou said.
The southern-style lion dance competitions will be part
of the rare activities of the Myanmar-Chinese in celebration of the traditional
Chinese new year or spring festival and joined by dancing groups of younger
generations, he said.
The competitions are planned to start only on the 5th
day of the new year as the participating groups are busy with their new year
house-to-house calls at residences of some dignitaries of the Myanmar-Chinese
community and some social associations for seasonal greetings during the first
four days of the new year according to the traditional practice of spending the
festival in Myanmar, Zhou went on to say.
He anticipated that such lion dance
activities could be inherited generation by generation, noting that by
sponsoring such activities, it can give rise to outstanding lion dancing teams
to take part in international events to win pride for both Myanmar and
Myanmar-Chinese.
The four-day competitions include ground dancing and
on-table dancing and the event is to a close on next Thursday night with a
prize-presentation ceremony to be attached.
During last year's first such
competitions, six other lion dancing groups namely "Dragon Tiger", "Blue Blood",
"Dragon Head", "Red Lion", "Sky Dragon" and "The Last Don" took
part.
Xinhua
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