Vietnam Religious Belief Dances Video
Religious belief dance exists and develops in spiritual life through rites, customs and practices of each ethnic community.
It’s usually showed on occasions such as: funeral, divine worship, treatment, services of the soil god, the sea god, the harvest god, the forest god worships, expelling demons, etc…by powwows.
Religious dances of Viet community (Kinh people)
Viet people are in a majority of Vietnam population. Most of them embrace Buddhism, worship at home, pagodas and temples. Religious belief with dance has become a very effective tool. “Hau bong” dance (also called Len dong dance – dance into a trace), a kind of religious dances of Viet ethnic group, is an official rite in the service of worships. There are 3 genres of hau bong dance separated or miced upon working environment.
Dances upon Saint stands
- Dance on First Mandarin Thuong Thien (Lieu Hanh) stand
- Dance on Second Mandarin Thuong Ngan stand
- Dance on Third Mandarin Thoai Cung stand
- Dance on Tenth/seventh/third prince stand
- Dance on Ms.Bo Thoai stand
- Dance on Cau stand
- Dance on co Be stand
- Dance on Ngu Ho stand
Each stand represents one saint. Hau bong has 36 stands representing 36 saints with different songs and clothes.
Dances with props
- Stick dance: sticks with small bronze bells
- Fan dance: colorful feather fans
- Oar dance
- Embroidering dance
- Sword dance
- Bow dance
- Incense offering dance
- Light offering dance
- Wine offering dance.
Dances without props
- Dance exorcizing phantoms
- Dance giving blessings
- Dance throwing holy water.
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