Karen Dances
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"Karen Bamboo Dance
The popular Karen bamboo dance is performed at many celebrations and involves quick dance steps to avoid getting stuck in the moving bamboo poles. It involves a high level of practice, skills and timing. One wrong move and a dancer’s foot could be struck by the bamboo poles. The Karen bamboo dance is played at ceremonies: Christmas, Karen New Year, Church functions, and Pagoda festivals. The Karen bamboo dance is also quite well known and popular among other races in Myanmar..."
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2020-01-06
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"Don Dance
The don dance is a series of dances performed by groups of dancers and accompanied by traditional Karen instruments. Don means to be in agreement. The person who leads the dance is called the don koh. Don dancing originated with the Pwo Karen, who developed it as a way to reinforce community values. However, the don dance has changed in significant ways since then. Under military dictatorship it was used to glorify Burmese socialism and then for the musical expression of the village or regional pride. Now, the don dance is known as a musical expression for national pride—or Karen nationalism. It is performed at many celebrations.
Karen Bamboo Dance
The popular Karen bamboo dance is performed at many celebrations and involves quick dance steps to avoid getting stuck in the moving bamboo poles. It involves a high level of practice, skills and timing. One wrong move and a dancer’s foot could be struck by the bamboo poles. The Karen bamboo dance is played at ceremonies: Christmas, Karen New Year, Church functions, and Pagoda festivals. The Karen bamboo dance is also quite well known and popular among other races in Myanmar..."
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2020-01-06
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Karen Dances
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