The Drum Culture of the Miao People 1/2

Various forms of Miao Drum Dances are performed in this fantastic video.

Miao Drum and Its Social Function
http://cwis.org/fwj/72/3%20Weihua%20Hmong%20Drum%20images.htm

War Function

Originally, the drum was used on the battlefield in ancient times. Miao people suffered disastrously in the history of their migration. With each migration they underwent the brutal attacks of war. In the course of their long migration, Miao ancestors did not discard the drum because it helped them to make contact during times of war. Conversely, they could use the grand sound of the drum to enliven the spirit and to dispel anguish, which caused them to suffer setbacks during war. The resonance of the drum encouraged the survival of officers and soldiers by rousing them from defeat and restoring the battle strength of the whole clan. The drum was so important during ancient wartime that it became the weapon of necessity that might cause enemy troops to panic or be defeated. The function of the Miao drum was indispensable for alleviating Miao peoples suffering during times of war.

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[AtarashiNOhi]

In one of Yang Geli's video here on Youtube, he talks about the different Miao/Hmong people and where they live. He said that the Gho Xiong living in Hunan were forbidden by the Chinese to play the qeej, so now the qeej is lost to them. They also no longer make paj ntaub. Maybe that's why they excel so much in drumming because that's all they have left.

[niamtxiv]

@AtarashiNOhi

which video? 

[nraugyajyuam]

any body knows how may herds form all together to be one miao, why they speak different languages and why we claim that they are hmong?

[niamtxiv]

@nraugyajyuam

kuv xav qhias koj tiamsis kuv lam lam li os.

[AtarashiNOhi]

@niamtxiv type in Interview with Yang Geli part 3

[jephboy]

I read in some Chinese records from during the Ming period (don't remember that author) that Miao rebels used the drum as a form of communications. :D Telegraph by sound, if you think of it. Not much different from txt'ing of today, although I'd have a hard time trying to communicate a :) or ttyl or something.

[tribesking]

@ciflora

yes what are you? lol im lost...

[ciflora]

@tribesking what am i ? this is where i grow up...

[tribesking]

@ciflora

what r u