[culture_express] Lusheng the Musical Instrument of the Miao People

if you look closely at the designs on the shoulder, it has the swirly things like ours....

if only there was some performance like this for new years.....

WTH @ 10:34 were they doing?

Mother of all Qeej...

I wonder if this is a disguised use of martial arts (txuj ci). Dam, I wish I can travel in time and actually see the evolution of my people.

niamtxiv are you saying that the qeej come from tai people and the miao just adopted it?

no, it's the other ways around. the qeej come from the miao and the tai people adopt it. not all tai people play the lusheng. the lolo-tibetan also adopted the lusheng.

hehehe you got me confused there for awhile.

If you look at it, many Tai groups play the Lusheng, but not all Tai groups. Many Lolo groups also play the Lusheng like the Lahu, Yi, Akha. Think about it, all these non-Miao groups play the Lusheng, the Miao people live close to them. The Miao people are the only people that use the lusheng for funeral and burial ritual.

the way they talk sound SSSOOO hmong... hahahha