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This is wonderful... it makes me shiver and i don't even know what they're trying to performe. This is some kind of myth, isn't it? They've really beautiful faces and somehow look peaceful even when moving so fast and perfectly coordinated... o.o
This is the Chinese equivalent to a show like the Cirque du Soleil. This is truly mesmerizing beyond belief and when my sister showed me this my jaw literally dropped. Their handicap only heightens the level of amazement each and every one of these dancers brings to the stage. I love it x100
WOW. I'm imagining the rehearsals... In a traditional setting, a teacher would be counting beats to coordinate timing, but these dancers wouldn't be able to hear counts NOR the music. Their coordination and timing was already impeccable, and being deaf just made it even more amazing than it already is.
@msrbeats you'd be surprised how easy it is to learn a dance . Deaf people cannot hear the music but they can feel the bass wich gives em the beat , and they are not idiots they can count in their head and with rythm ! don't take me wrong it's still amazing , but nothing impossible there
@leondylie why am i an idiot ? because i explained to him how they actually learned to dance instead of simply saying : OH EM GEE ! INCRADIBUL THEYRE DAF AND THEY CUN DANCE !!!111
wow.. they re awesome.. i cant believe they re deaf.. i m deaf tơo.. i know they cant hear the music.. i guess they had good to remember how to dance because they practice alot.. I love to watch this video..so beautiful..
ojeyono!for you ,dancing is just to twist your waist with black-eyed pea's songs without any consciounsess.Dance has segregation and no end.you know what!How vulgar you are!LEARN MORE!CHILD~~~~
Won't be learning anything from someone as stupid as you. "Dance" has many meanings -- which must frustrate you to "no end" since you think it only has one -- just like a child.
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ok are those from india or china.....i see the red dot on the foe head.....india is god and chinese is buddha...dont get it all mixed u up, u bunch of dick sucker lovers. not over here..........
in 1820 a man named fredrick osloft one day he was working in his lab until a ghost came by and killed him the next morning fredrick was nowhere to be seen 100 years later two boys went in the lab as a dare the boys where never seen again where aparently murdered now that u have read this comment tonight when u go to sleep the two boys and fredrick will come and murder you but you can stop this by posting this comment on 5 other channels by midnight im sorry i relly hate these things :'(
Unbelievable, the coordination. Must have taken extreme discipline and practice to work this well. Deafness is only part of this remarkable performance..
I am so agitated. One considered always deafies ones stupid to us. That stops finally times. Looks, what you can do, we can long. I am proud on this group.
With her multi hands...the goddess saves and touches as many lives as she can with her compassion and love...you won't have creepy nights if you know what those hands symbolises... =)
About this dance group: This work is entitled "My Dream". The group says:
"Among us, there are some of us who cannot hear,some cannot see,some with physical disability.Through original work,we bring/give to you the history of our past.Our life today.And our dreams for tomorrow is full of colours."
Truly spectacular. Just goes to show you don't have to be perfect to do something so beautiful and charismatic. Bless them all for such wonderful talent that they share.
"buddism is a borrowed religion but was developed in China instead of in India", Buddhism indeed was developed in China& ws brought2 China during Tang Dynasy to Tibet by India:) Religions&culture indeed do converge:)
Where the heck you learned about buddhism and hindu. Hindu was there in india as a religion even before Buddha was born and he also did not have anything to do with cultivating hinduisiam. In his teachings gods do not exist. This performace is not about hindu, more of Buddhism.
2 all: I apologize for rudeness of my statements:) I have been reading some political things& my judgement was skewed:)i was motivated by that:((((( didn't even care about the beauty of the dance nor how the dancers did it,Chinese Buddhism is beautiful&it's very important&inspring&these dancers convey that
you stated quote:It is not accurate to say this dance is hindu dance, if you have heard about Dun Huang, Duanhuang boasts of its position as the capital city of Buddism for thousands of years.""""" I am glad you agree now it there are many Hindu resemblances, HIndu as in religion,not culture :)Thanks for that:)
It is really annoying to answer the boring questioning. China may not be the origin of Hindu, or the dance is much about Hindu, so what? Chinese culture is broad and intensive, buddism is a borrowed religion but was developed in China instead of in India. It is not saying India is inferior to China or Hindu is inferior to buddism. It is just how culture evolves and converges.
Yoga is from Puerto Rico& Tae Kwan Do is from native Hawaiians :)Dear Liatanlee,you're not acknowledging that they r poses of Indian
Gods&Godesses (really prophets)is=to saying cross is not Christian. If Bollywood dancers took all the Irish symbols&claimed it as their own,wld u say the same? Some things r distinctly belonging2 a certain religion&culture-inherent to them,some r not:) The Chinese Dragon is the Chinese Dragon,us Indians would not claim that is ours:)but would give credit to it.
Sorry for all caps:) just remember Buddha created HInduism :) these performances r giving credit to Hindu Prophets (Shiva etc:)style** which is a beautiful thing:) YOu can always google classical dance in China&India to better understand what you're looking at
According to moderator:: we know Buddhism originate from India, so you can find some indian style on the stage, cloth and the golden flame archway, the bindhi etc..yes there may've been crossings but Buddha came first,then Hinduism,then pilgrimage2China:) ANY HINDU KNOWS THE SHIVA POSE,THE LAXMI MATA 7 HANDS AND THE BINDHI :)Again,a beautiful&inspired performance:)
It is not accurate to say this dance is hindu dance, if you have heard about Dun Huang, Duanhuang boasts of its position as the capital city of Buddism for thousands of years. There are many frescos in the caves of Dunhuang, the dancers' images are rooted in those paintings. They were actually goddess in Buddism. Buddism is a fundamental part of Chinese culture, so it is not like we are stealing someting from Hindu. Culture has a nature of converging anyway.
BUDDHA***GAVE BIRTH TO:HINDUISM NOT CHINA-ISM,this is WHY MANY OF THE IMAGES YOU SEE ARE OF HINDU***GODS& GODDESSES- LAXMI MATA *(SEVEN HANDS FROM BACK*)SHIVA POSE IN BEGINNING-- PLEASE READ THE REST OF THE FORUM&FROM MODERATOR ALSO. I RESEARCHED DUNHUANG& These were BUDDHIST (HINDU) PILGRIMS& MONKS@Dunhuang caves---SO AGAIN, these DUANHUANG IMAGES R FROM BUDDHIST MONKS WHICH GAVE ---BIRTH TO HINDUISM---AND HINDU---GODS&IMAGES*AS SUCH THE IMAGES YOU SEE HERE INCLUDING DOT ON HEAD :)
Please look @moderator's notes b4 commenting:)) he explains it well, &a billion Hindus know the Shiva pose & Laxmi Mata and the Bindhi &style of cloth:)---
i'm so glad that you like the video and are so curious about the story behind the dance not only the performance. and some of you know about chinese & indian culture apparently.
the dancers perform as thousand hands Kwan-yin, one of most important Buddha in chinese Buddhism. she/he is regarded as numen of the common people. we know Buddhism originate from India, so you can find some indian style on the stage, cloth and the golden flame archway, (the music is absolutely chinese).
but Buddhism had been changed a lot after introduced into china, and it become part of chinese culture. since it's a very long and complex story, and my english is not so well, i can't explain in detail. but any way i insist the performance you are watching is chinese style, because i'm chinese. :-)
by the way, i don't know whether you had noticed there are two people standing on the two sides of the stage. they are comperes, so that the dancers can 'listen' according to the sign language.
The indian God Devi Mata also has 7 hands stretched out from the body, (reminds me of that in first few minutes) it's fascinating to see cross cultural influences- Many facets of Chinese dance probably influenced various forms of Indian dance also- wonderful performance :)
its amazing how cultures can share so much yet look so different. For example, the sari is common in India but also in Africa, which is a quarter of the world away. Same with Europe, where thing slike bellydance, tarot cards and stuff where spread by the Banjara (later Romani) Gypsies. Guess it IS a small world afterall
Yea, about Saris in Africa,there's lots of Indians in Africa:)I have relatives that've lived there--and I think gypsies def spread stuff around in mid east&thru out region-they were nomads after all:)
this is a beautiful show:)&it's cool2c the history books&what culture,fashion styles etc influenced which--Buddhist temples don't look that diff than Indian temples/also Indians join hands-may've gotten that from Chinese as well:)
Yea,in the mid east bellydance is popular but not so much in India/only what Indians wear look like it/the sari is from India&Bollywood got idea to keep the underpart of the sari(shirt&long skirt)&make the scarf as headress etc-mayb influence by gypsies&bellydance2do that or other way around who knws/also Indians eat on the floor like Japanese,got some nice muscles on my thighs from doing that-smart!!dislike chairs now lol
I think the Indians would of been influenced indirectly by other more eastern cultures. The Aryans from Mongolia came into India and probably brought what they'd learned from the chinese and other races.
The Gypsies where North Indian originally, and brought the choli top, lehnga skirt and dupatta headscarf to europe. Tudor women's headdresses probably had roots in the old Mughal-era courtesan wear. Oh, and Buddha was Indian, i think they used to rule Tibet and thats why the people are darker, but have some oriental features.
I know the Indians gave many other cultures jewellry and cloth, such as the zardosi metalwork thread. The Bindi also spread to China and Japan, but i reckon it lost its Hindu meaning and became a fashion thing
The area between the eyebrows (where the bindi is placed) is said to be the sixth chakra, ajna, the seat of "concealed wisdom". According to followers of Tantrism, this chakra is the exit point for kundalini energy/The bindi(on forehead)is said to retain energy and strengthen concentration/. It is also said to protect against demons or bad luck
I grew up in China. This is absolutely an Indian dance, I believe Chinese combined the ancient paintings from DunHuang caves (which are for Buddhas) and modern Indian dance to create a dance called DunHuang dance.
Buddha was not borned in Tibet but Nepal. Tibetan buddhism is a special (though main) breed that in my impression they stress the punishment power from the gods, if you look at their paintings there are a lot of mutilation and killing.
sry man. i don't think so it is absolutely kind of chinese style not indian. if u were a real chinese, learn chinese history and culture first. i cant believe u grew up in China... u are so young boy, still hav a lot need to learn or just be a pure american.
She is beautiful,if you research ancient indian classical dance, (4000 years old) you will see much of her moves originate from dances that were done for lord Shiva--so this prevalent in this region
I'm a dancer, and while I've never done anything like it, I would like to say to Dariusdagr8 and anyone else who doesn't think it's much like dancing -- try sometime to do that with 5 people, or even 3, let alone many more! Great precision and timing!
I believe creating human symetrical designs is actually the purpose of the dance, and the large number of girls is meant to give the impression of there being a thousand hands.
some1asked what the hands outstretched means,it is possible this is an Indian dance since she is wearing a bindi also&her first minute pose is similar to Shiva_Indians r inspired by Chinese/vv no offense to history of each other(costumes etc)by doin some research?:)
im sure its the other way around, The Indus valley was settled same time as the first cities of Ancient Egypt. Buddha was Indian and traveled throughout South Asia. The music is indeed Chinese, but the imagery is Buddhist, derived from Hindu.
priya, I was just curious. Though I know that this is indeed a traditional Chinese dance. I am not Chinese but grew up surrounded by Chinese culture and have seen this before. The hands are the "thousand hands of Buddah" I believe. But certaiinly there is a lot of cross over between all Asian cultures. And I know she is wearing a bindi and I noticed the Shiva pose as well.
google classical Indian dance or Chinese Dance that will answer ? 4u,I'm not trying to be rude in my statements but I was shocked when I saw it-if u saw a bunch of Hindus doing Irish dance w Irish type costume u would say so yes?
Check out "The Spirit of Peacock" performed by Tai Li Hua, and "Tranforming to Butterfly", performed by Tai Li Hua and Zhao Li Gan, if you want to see some more beautiful chinese dancing.
Okay Darius, I guess Chinese dancing isn't for everyone. I kinda grew up surrounded by Chinese culture, so it's almost like my own.
I responded the way I did because I thought you might be criticizing them because they are Deaf. My husband is Deaf, so I go on the defensive pretty quick when I hear anyone put Deaf people down. Sorry I misunderstood you. :)
Do you think you own the word "dance"? That it means what you say it means? To you, dancing means certain things -- and nothing else.
Linguistics teaches that words don't have precise meanings. They are "worked out' by the speakers. They "evolve". And they aren't just yours.
"Dance" generally means something like "rhythmic movement, usually to music". Remember, Busby Berkley? Some people call his use of kaleidoscopic movement "dance". Same goes here.
amazing!!this is the first time i watch such a beautiful dance^
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this kind of clothes and type of music is typicial in chinese Tang Dynasty
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deafornot5 6 months ago
wow, considereing they're deag
Hairellie 7 months ago
Every time I see this it amazes, touch me over and over again, such beautiful well balanced grace and harmony in music and dance, deep respect,
I love this too much, thanks
Anavyia 7 months ago
this whole people-in-one-line-moving-their-arms-thing messes with my brain...
MrEnergydrinkaddict 7 months ago
everytime i s ee i am proud of it
syanxu 8 months ago
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They are amazing.
Yangge1987 10 months ago
good...
sjelf1021 11 months ago
the dancers are not deaf ,all or them are guanyin
since1397 1 year ago
not deaf dancer
since1397 1 year ago
@since1397 u blind motherfucker they were performed all over the world ......
ElenrineMusic 1 year ago
absolutely brilliant
liutonglu1984 1 year ago
Just the most beautiful thing I've ever seen! Makes me cry whenever I see it!
Asigner4u2 1 year ago
WOW.....a really really amazing dance choreograph....its look like your just watching a very realistic dream of your life....very epic one....
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deafornot2 1 year ago
wonderful, je l'aime beaucoup~
TheCeletisal 1 year ago
This is wonderful... it makes me shiver and i don't even know what they're trying to performe. This is some kind of myth, isn't it? They've really beautiful faces and somehow look peaceful even when moving so fast and perfectly coordinated... o.o
RiesenWuschel 1 year ago
@RiesenWuschel they told me that is one of a chinese goddess with 1,000 hands.
and in the beginning she was a man. to have 1000 hands is for help people.
but Hey , i think the chinese goddess really dressed like ancient indians.
heerwa2 1 year ago
在看一次还是如此的震撼……so cool
yuan7172 1 year ago
damn they're deaf...and skillful!
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Lydiaabbey 1 year ago
love this thank you nicki
sarcasticwitch1 1 year ago
this is most amazing video i have ever seen.kudos to these girls and the person who thought of something like this.
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Just BEAUTY and GRACE
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jennydeafmatching 1 year ago
This is the Chinese equivalent to a show like the Cirque du Soleil. This is truly mesmerizing beyond belief and when my sister showed me this my jaw literally dropped. Their handicap only heightens the level of amazement each and every one of these dancers brings to the stage. I love it x100
cpoeticfury 1 year ago
i love this!!
MissRecess 1 year ago
bellísimo
liebe666tod 2 years ago 2
I am really proud of them! Fantastic!!!
SHEtogetherforever 2 years ago
Their teachers actually stood off-stage to keep beat and direct them.
Very impressive, nonetheless.
mailingers 2 years ago
the topic is abit rude
i like this video
seemarrr 2 years ago
very creative
JIAJIA711711 2 years ago
Just another magic from China...
Could see them live a couple of days ago. Amazing!!
domkaikai 2 years ago 4
MAGIC
mahaltony 2 years ago
they are ALL DEAF/ WOW WOW WOW!
mahi687 2 years ago 2
m-a hipnotizat
costi984 2 years ago
WOW. I'm imagining the rehearsals... In a traditional setting, a teacher would be counting beats to coordinate timing, but these dancers wouldn't be able to hear counts NOR the music. Their coordination and timing was already impeccable, and being deaf just made it even more amazing than it already is.
msrbeats 2 years ago 15
@msrbeats you'd be surprised how easy it is to learn a dance . Deaf people cannot hear the music but they can feel the bass wich gives em the beat , and they are not idiots they can count in their head and with rythm ! don't take me wrong it's still amazing , but nothing impossible there
mononcleroger 1 year ago
@mononcleroger you are an idiot
leondylie 9 months ago
@leondylie why am i an idiot ? because i explained to him how they actually learned to dance instead of simply saying : OH EM GEE ! INCRADIBUL THEYRE DAF AND THEY CUN DANCE !!!111
mononcleroger 9 months ago
awesome! awesome! awesome!
robicole94 2 years ago 2
that's so awesome! :) soo beautiful!
lilbluesmiley 2 years ago
lady buddha dance this is old but well dun no one can ever make it beter
09yeungda 2 years ago
wow, both beautiful and amazing :)
lilguyanesegirl 2 years ago 2
Devine both music and dance,
Thanks
Yvana*-*
Anavyia 2 years ago
Wooww they are all deaf O_O
they are really great :3
Chibidream 2 years ago
hao kan!
Yuriyonlanguage 2 years ago
Sooooo beautiful !!!
But I feel sad that they can not hear applause
jerikookoo 2 years ago
Don't feel bad because they cannot "hear" it... they feel it! Trust me.
azurelynn 2 years ago
lol !
EXPLOTIONx 2 years ago
wow.. they re awesome.. i cant believe they re deaf.. i m deaf tơo.. i know they cant hear the music.. i guess they had good to remember how to dance because they practice alot.. I love to watch this video..so beautiful..
Kimmiekimstar 2 years ago
Is it just me that finds this scary!?
SidneyTurner 2 years ago
oo shit!
phimmaa 2 years ago
UN TAN UN TAN UN TAN MOE MOE KYUN
SuzumiyaHaruhi0 2 years ago
do u know the name of the composer of this music? pleaseeeee
vsdior 2 years ago
i saw first this video in lilasakura page
all girls are deaf
and they are the perfect
dancers for all time around the world
i hope the best to these ballet and the
lider who brought to us this amazing
chinese performance
sacalante 2 years ago 3
Beautiful!
kairadicle 2 years ago 2
ojeyono!for you ,dancing is just to twist your waist with black-eyed pea's songs without any consciounsess.Dance has segregation and no end.you know what!How vulgar you are!LEARN MORE!CHILD~~~~
JOYkangran 2 years ago
Won't be learning anything from someone as stupid as you. "Dance" has many meanings -- which must frustrate you to "no end" since you think it only has one -- just like a child.
OjeyonO 2 years ago 2
@JOYkangran -- Learn English before trying to explain yourself -- nothing you said could be parsed by a real English speaker
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ok are those from india or china.....i see the red dot on the foe head.....india is god and chinese is buddha...dont get it all mixed u up, u bunch of dick sucker lovers. not over here..........
saechaomienhbuddha 2 years ago
The only thing i can explain to u is Chinese culture is so huge!
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panzerfaust746 2 years ago
there deaf and mute..
just thought you needed to know that.
missserendipity727 2 years ago
the title quite rude...
seemarrr 2 years ago
Unbelievable, the coordination. Must have taken extreme discipline and practice to work this well. Deafness is only part of this remarkable performance..
d1j2i3 2 years ago
are those people deaf?
americaland 2 years ago
yeah
haaaifive 2 years ago
yep all of the dancers on stage are deaf
BabyGirlGoddess 2 years ago
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suckanorange 2 years ago
watch it with your volume all the way down!
alannajeanC 2 years ago
I am so agitated. One considered always deafies ones stupid to us. That stops finally times. Looks, what you can do, we can long. I am proud on this group.
finfin31 2 years ago
this is awesome great!!! that's why i love china!
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creepy. gonna have nightmares...
lip333 2 years ago
With her multi hands...the goddess saves and touches as many lives as she can with her compassion and love...you won't have creepy nights if you know what those hands symbolises... =)
armyboy24 2 years ago
absolutely gorgeous. now, add to it the fact that they are all deaf - WOW!
wcso163 3 years ago 2
Wow! Spectacular! Where in China was this show playing? Beats the Tang Dynasty Show in Xi'an!
mopinia 3 years ago
anyone know where to get an mp3?
i love the music as well as the dance
Rikardunov 3 years ago
perfect synchronization and choreography.... great performance....
videonators 3 years ago
CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TALK TO ME
lovin this video!! leave me a comment SV
FlavorSnacks 3 years ago
hello FlavorSnacks
cozz 2 years ago
wow!That's amazing!:D
tr2203 3 years ago
wow, das ist so beeindruckend!
Geisterfahrer001 3 years ago 2
that must be one of the most beautiful things ive ever seen O.o
froskelaer 3 years ago 3
Simply Awesome....o.0
GibrainVergara 3 years ago 2
holy mole! that was incredibly trippy! it was beautiful! brought a litlle stinky tear to my eye! =]
LoneStarJesse 3 years ago 4
wow great
wantuzad 3 years ago
重っ
kzp1112 3 years ago
I think that was one of the most beautiful dance performances that I've ever seen. Thank you for posting.
canadianmuslimnproud 3 years ago 2
two of my friends are in this!
Supereyes27 3 years ago
love it!
diegoreca 3 years ago
About this dance group: This work is entitled "My Dream". The group says:
"Among us, there are some of us who cannot hear,some cannot see,some with physical disability.Through original work,we bring/give to you the history of our past.Our life today.And our dreams for tomorrow is full of colours."
BobsBlackwell 3 years ago 2
Wow Cooool!
Deafsxflying 3 years ago
Sooo cool and the gold makes it all the more shiney... i like the music...mix of western and eastern....oh and the dancing....GREAT
OsvaldoPaese 3 years ago
This is extremely inspirational! It just goes to show: you can do anything you set your mind to!
AnimeFox09 3 years ago
Its really beautiful dance ever I had see in my life!!
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GAYreek 3 years ago
feel wanna cry,it is just touching,omg!
angelabing 3 years ago
omg so cool
teemeara2008 3 years ago
beautiful!!!
pinecry 3 years ago
Wonderful... coooooooool
Lumell22 3 years ago
Truly spectacular. Just goes to show you don't have to be perfect to do something so beautiful and charismatic. Bless them all for such wonderful talent that they share.
txsweethart97 3 years ago
WonderfulWonderfulwunnderful!!!!!
peeblame 4 years ago
just enjoy the dance guys. stop arguing...u guys are missing the point.
muza66 4 years ago
"buddism is a borrowed religion but was developed in China instead of in India", Buddhism indeed was developed in China& ws brought2 China during Tang Dynasy to Tibet by India:) Religions&culture indeed do converge:)
Aishwari0724 4 years ago
Where the heck you learned about buddhism and hindu. Hindu was there in india as a religion even before Buddha was born and he also did not have anything to do with cultivating hinduisiam. In his teachings gods do not exist. This performace is not about hindu, more of Buddhism.
damith77 4 years ago
2 all: I apologize for rudeness of my statements:) I have been reading some political things& my judgement was skewed:)i was motivated by that:((((( didn't even care about the beauty of the dance nor how the dancers did it,Chinese Buddhism is beautiful&it's very important&inspring&these dancers convey that
Aishwari0724 4 years ago
you stated quote:It is not accurate to say this dance is hindu dance, if you have heard about Dun Huang, Duanhuang boasts of its position as the capital city of Buddism for thousands of years.""""" I am glad you agree now it there are many Hindu resemblances, HIndu as in religion,not culture :)Thanks for that:)
Aishwari0724 4 years ago
It is really annoying to answer the boring questioning. China may not be the origin of Hindu, or the dance is much about Hindu, so what? Chinese culture is broad and intensive, buddism is a borrowed religion but was developed in China instead of in India. It is not saying India is inferior to China or Hindu is inferior to buddism. It is just how culture evolves and converges.
leetianle 4 years ago
Yoga is from Puerto Rico& Tae Kwan Do is from native Hawaiians :)Dear Liatanlee,you're not acknowledging that they r poses of Indian
Gods&Godesses (really prophets)is=to saying cross is not Christian. If Bollywood dancers took all the Irish symbols&claimed it as their own,wld u say the same? Some things r distinctly belonging2 a certain religion&culture-inherent to them,some r not:) The Chinese Dragon is the Chinese Dragon,us Indians would not claim that is ours:)but would give credit to it.
Aishwari0724 4 years ago
Sorry for all caps:) just remember Buddha created HInduism :) these performances r giving credit to Hindu Prophets (Shiva etc:)style** which is a beautiful thing:) YOu can always google classical dance in China&India to better understand what you're looking at
Aishwari0724 4 years ago
According to moderator:: we know Buddhism originate from India, so you can find some indian style on the stage, cloth and the golden flame archway, the bindhi etc..yes there may've been crossings but Buddha came first,then Hinduism,then pilgrimage2China:) ANY HINDU KNOWS THE SHIVA POSE,THE LAXMI MATA 7 HANDS AND THE BINDHI :)Again,a beautiful&inspired performance:)
Aishwari0724 4 years ago
It is not accurate to say this dance is hindu dance, if you have heard about Dun Huang, Duanhuang boasts of its position as the capital city of Buddism for thousands of years. There are many frescos in the caves of Dunhuang, the dancers' images are rooted in those paintings. They were actually goddess in Buddism. Buddism is a fundamental part of Chinese culture, so it is not like we are stealing someting from Hindu. Culture has a nature of converging anyway.
leetianle 4 years ago
BUDDHA***GAVE BIRTH TO:HINDUISM NOT CHINA-ISM,this is WHY MANY OF THE IMAGES YOU SEE ARE OF HINDU***GODS& GODDESSES- LAXMI MATA *(SEVEN HANDS FROM BACK*)SHIVA POSE IN BEGINNING-- PLEASE READ THE REST OF THE FORUM&FROM MODERATOR ALSO. I RESEARCHED DUNHUANG& These were BUDDHIST (HINDU) PILGRIMS& MONKS@Dunhuang caves---SO AGAIN, these DUANHUANG IMAGES R FROM BUDDHIST MONKS WHICH GAVE ---BIRTH TO HINDUISM---AND HINDU---GODS&IMAGES*AS SUCH THE IMAGES YOU SEE HERE INCLUDING DOT ON HEAD :)
Aishwari0724 4 years ago
Please look @moderator's notes b4 commenting:)) he explains it well, &a billion Hindus know the Shiva pose & Laxmi Mata and the Bindhi &style of cloth:)---
Aishwari0724 4 years ago
there're tears in my eyes...
remember, they can't hear the background music, but they did a very good job. that's definately 5 stars!
cocolucky 4 years ago
i'm so glad that you like the video and are so curious about the story behind the dance not only the performance. and some of you know about chinese & indian culture apparently.
daojianqiao 4 years ago
the dancers perform as thousand hands Kwan-yin, one of most important Buddha in chinese Buddhism. she/he is regarded as numen of the common people. we know Buddhism originate from India, so you can find some indian style on the stage, cloth and the golden flame archway, (the music is absolutely chinese).
daojianqiao 4 years ago
but Buddhism had been changed a lot after introduced into china, and it become part of chinese culture. since it's a very long and complex story, and my english is not so well, i can't explain in detail. but any way i insist the performance you are watching is chinese style, because i'm chinese. :-)
daojianqiao 4 years ago
by the way, i don't know whether you had noticed there are two people standing on the two sides of the stage. they are comperes, so that the dancers can 'listen' according to the sign language.
daojianqiao 4 years ago
unbelievable!wonderful!
iloveddff 4 years ago
The indian God Devi Mata also has 7 hands stretched out from the body, (reminds me of that in first few minutes) it's fascinating to see cross cultural influences- Many facets of Chinese dance probably influenced various forms of Indian dance also- wonderful performance :)
priya5909 4 years ago
i think its partly the other way. Buddhism came from Hinduism and probably brought many other cultural ideas from India to China.
Rikardunov 4 years ago
No other way around,lol, hinduism came from china-buddhism,wsn't Buddha born in Tibet?So there was prob alot of interchanging :)
priya5909 4 years ago
its amazing how cultures can share so much yet look so different. For example, the sari is common in India but also in Africa, which is a quarter of the world away. Same with Europe, where thing slike bellydance, tarot cards and stuff where spread by the Banjara (later Romani) Gypsies. Guess it IS a small world afterall
Rikardunov 4 years ago 3
Yea, about Saris in Africa,there's lots of Indians in Africa:)I have relatives that've lived there--and I think gypsies def spread stuff around in mid east&thru out region-they were nomads after all:)
priya5909 4 years ago
this is a beautiful show:)&it's cool2c the history books&what culture,fashion styles etc influenced which--Buddhist temples don't look that diff than Indian temples/also Indians join hands-may've gotten that from Chinese as well:)
priya5909 4 years ago
Yea,in the mid east bellydance is popular but not so much in India/only what Indians wear look like it/the sari is from India&Bollywood got idea to keep the underpart of the sari(shirt&long skirt)&make the scarf as headress etc-mayb influence by gypsies&bellydance2do that or other way around who knws/also Indians eat on the floor like Japanese,got some nice muscles on my thighs from doing that-smart!!dislike chairs now lol
priya5909 4 years ago
I think the Indians would of been influenced indirectly by other more eastern cultures. The Aryans from Mongolia came into India and probably brought what they'd learned from the chinese and other races.
Rikardunov 4 years ago
The Gypsies where North Indian originally, and brought the choli top, lehnga skirt and dupatta headscarf to europe. Tudor women's headdresses probably had roots in the old Mughal-era courtesan wear. Oh, and Buddha was Indian, i think they used to rule Tibet and thats why the people are darker, but have some oriental features.
Rikardunov 4 years ago 2
I know the Indians gave many other cultures jewellry and cloth, such as the zardosi metalwork thread. The Bindi also spread to China and Japan, but i reckon it lost its Hindu meaning and became a fashion thing
Rikardunov 4 years ago 2
Wow/nice knowledge base/yes, the Bindhi is important in Hinduism-signifies the pineal gland,third eye
priya5909 4 years ago
The area between the eyebrows (where the bindi is placed) is said to be the sixth chakra, ajna, the seat of "concealed wisdom". According to followers of Tantrism, this chakra is the exit point for kundalini energy/The bindi(on forehead)is said to retain energy and strengthen concentration/. It is also said to protect against demons or bad luck
priya5909 4 years ago
I grew up in China. This is absolutely an Indian dance, I believe Chinese combined the ancient paintings from DunHuang caves (which are for Buddhas) and modern Indian dance to create a dance called DunHuang dance.
Buddha was not borned in Tibet but Nepal. Tibetan buddhism is a special (though main) breed that in my impression they stress the punishment power from the gods, if you look at their paintings there are a lot of mutilation and killing.
howthefukdougetanid 2 years ago
india????? no way , maybe some asian style in common
yourted 2 years ago 2
China! not india,cant u see the title???
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SamuraiLiker 2 years ago
sry man. i don't think so it is absolutely kind of chinese style not indian. if u were a real chinese, learn chinese history and culture first. i cant believe u grew up in China... u are so young boy, still hav a lot need to learn or just be a pure american.
summfireback 2 years ago 3
@howthefukdougetanid this is an indian dance?? = =
syanxu 8 months ago
She is beautiful,if you research ancient indian classical dance, (4000 years old) you will see much of her moves originate from dances that were done for lord Shiva--so this prevalent in this region
priya5909 4 years ago
I love your performance. It's tranquilly, soothe and sort of hallucinating.
Salticid68 4 years ago
I'm a dancer, and while I've never done anything like it, I would like to say to Dariusdagr8 and anyone else who doesn't think it's much like dancing -- try sometime to do that with 5 people, or even 3, let alone many more! Great precision and timing!
River46ps 4 years ago
I believe creating human symetrical designs is actually the purpose of the dance, and the large number of girls is meant to give the impression of there being a thousand hands.
aoibheil 4 years ago
The hands outstretched is symbolic of the Hindu prophet Devi Mata- she has 7 hands stretched out from behind her
priya5909 4 years ago
priya, you say the hands outstretched is symbolic of Devi Mata. So you're saying this is not a Chinese dance, but an Indian dance?
aoibheil 4 years ago
some1asked what the hands outstretched means,it is possible this is an Indian dance since she is wearing a bindi also&her first minute pose is similar to Shiva_Indians r inspired by Chinese/vv no offense to history of each other(costumes etc)by doin some research?:)
priya5909 4 years ago
im sure its the other way around, The Indus valley was settled same time as the first cities of Ancient Egypt. Buddha was Indian and traveled throughout South Asia. The music is indeed Chinese, but the imagery is Buddhist, derived from Hindu.
Rikardunov 4 years ago 2
priya, I was just curious. Though I know that this is indeed a traditional Chinese dance. I am not Chinese but grew up surrounded by Chinese culture and have seen this before. The hands are the "thousand hands of Buddah" I believe. But certaiinly there is a lot of cross over between all Asian cultures. And I know she is wearing a bindi and I noticed the Shiva pose as well.
aoibheil 4 years ago 2
google classical Indian dance or Chinese Dance that will answer ? 4u,I'm not trying to be rude in my statements but I was shocked when I saw it-if u saw a bunch of Hindus doing Irish dance w Irish type costume u would say so yes?
priya5909 4 years ago
the music is Chinese though:)&the performance beautiful by deaf dancers!
priya5909 4 years ago
i dunno... I really liked it. It is certainly different than we are accustomed to here in the West.
stillrepenting 4 years ago
Check out "The Spirit of Peacock" performed by Tai Li Hua, and "Tranforming to Butterfly", performed by Tai Li Hua and Zhao Li Gan, if you want to see some more beautiful chinese dancing.
aoibheil 4 years ago
wow
Floralin 4 years ago
千手观音
liuchao1095 4 years ago
The dance seems to be based on timed and coordinated movements rather than individual dancing skills.
Dariusdagr8 4 years ago
Darius, it seems you don't believe these girls can really dance?
First, it is a group performance, so not about "individual skills".
Second, it is a traditional dance being performed as it should be.
And third, how would you define dancing, other than as a set of "timed and coordinated movements"?
aoibheil 4 years ago
I believe what I see with my own eyes.
Even group dance performances normally consist of dance steps.
These girls are concentrating more on creating human symmetrical designs
Dariusdagr8 4 years ago
I don't mean to be rude, but frankly this is not what I'd call dancing. Maybe to the Chinese, this is dancing, but not to me.
These performers rely on their large numbers to create symmetrical shapes. Its a good show, but not dancing in the strict sense of the word.
Dariusdagr8 4 years ago
Okay Darius, I guess Chinese dancing isn't for everyone. I kinda grew up surrounded by Chinese culture, so it's almost like my own.
I responded the way I did because I thought you might be criticizing them because they are Deaf. My husband is Deaf, so I go on the defensive pretty quick when I hear anyone put Deaf people down. Sorry I misunderstood you. :)
aoibheil 4 years ago
Do you think you own the word "dance"? That it means what you say it means? To you, dancing means certain things -- and nothing else.
Linguistics teaches that words don't have precise meanings. They are "worked out' by the speakers. They "evolve". And they aren't just yours.
"Dance" generally means something like "rhythmic movement, usually to music". Remember, Busby Berkley? Some people call his use of kaleidoscopic movement "dance". Same goes here.
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JOYkangran 2 years ago
u then stupid.. is qian shou guan ying not huan yin!!!
walfred4u 4 years ago
now that was friggin awesome!
POETICxDEATH 4 years ago
!!!!!
arborius1985 4 years ago
INCREDIBLE!
Commander31 4 years ago
That was fantastic.
rotothirteen 4 years ago
wow really good very beautiful
PeaceMinnie 4 years ago
unbelievable
fan573 4 years ago