Roaring With the Lion Dancers of New York’s Chinatown
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ส.ค. 2024
- Lion dancing is an age-old Chinese tradition meant to ward off evil spirits and welcome good ones. The dance-with its giant, dual-dancer costumes and kung fu-based movements-dates back to the Tang Dynasty of the 7th century. It’s a demanding sport that requires the strength and stability of kung fu, but Kelly Wong and the lion dancers of the Chinese Freemasons Athletic Club in New York City’s Chinatown make it look effortless.
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As a part of Chinese class, during the Chinese lunar festival for the lion dance, I played the tail. It was really fun too :)
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Hinata Nanase SAME
I love these... wait, what?? Lion?? I always thought it was a dragon... TIME TO LEARN!!
actually, there's both lion and dragon dancing, but dragon dancing needs a lot more people
tomytomtom1 we use the broad term 舞(dance)龍(dragon)舞(dance)獅(lion) to mean both dragon and lion dance
Lion dance has two people to coordinate, Dragon dance has more than two, usually about nine!
There is a Dragon Dance too - it's a larger variant of the Lion Dance. You don't see Dragon Dances in North America often tho.
Dragon and Lion dances are both two completely different things
i’m pretty sure us asians know
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@@lynox908yea but non asians can't tell the difference
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i think its awesome that there is a female who is leading or involve in the lion dance community... not to say there isn't any girls in your typical lion dance troupe but for her to be an instructor as well is quite amazing... she must of been doing this in her early childhood... it tastes a long long time before one can really be qualify to be an instructor or master in the troupe... good for her...
Help me understand this. Why would anyone click on a thumb-down button for this? Does this video in any way offend them???
In this day and age, there is bound to be someone offended by everything.
It’s inaccurate
Not really, but they plaster these people as if they're the best of the best, they're not that good, it's just that they speak good English and know how to advertise.
R Y well, yeah, it’s really inaccurate and yeah...
I'm so glad to see more publicity around lion dance. As a millenials kung fu practitioner and lion dancer it's great to see other young people practice tradition... And no it's not a dragon!
I love these culture videos because it enlightens me about the world and the human customs!
I thought this was dragon dancing... Are you Lion to me?
BrownieBear YT I appreciate you
Lion dance and Dragon dance are separate. Lion Dance has two people to coordinate, Dragon Dance has more than two. But there is both.
dragons are the ones on the sticks.
I was always scared of the dragons when I was a kid. Now I'm fascinated. I love visiting Chinatown and seeing this.
preserving culture is always amazing. i would love to see lion dances in china. i'll get there someday and hopefully make a mini documentary about it.
I got to see a really long dragon that would have the roads blocked off as it was a massive event every year until I moved. It's always a really fun thing to see, and I hope you could see the ones in china were they jump from pole to pole, its really fun.
in Indonesia we call it barongsai
Linus Nara that's actually hokkien
An in Indonesia we have our version
I notice that none of the lion heads eyes are not dotted red. Didn't each lion head go though the eye dotting ceremony?
20 something years old
Asian women don't like to reveal their actual age, it's a cultural thing.
On chinease newyear when I was probably 8 or 7 years old, I had this in my school. The lion dancers were climbing on a very tall pole lol it was shaking
Really great video. I love that she's the instructor! In the past, lion dancing was males only.
This is really cool. But it's not lost in America, it's just not part of the American culture. But really what is our culture? I guess whatever another culture isn't, is our culture lol
But I hope this spreads and becomes popular. Also what's with Asian cultures and training for years before beginning the first step. 1 year before holding the head? Damn guys lol
American doesnt have many cultures of it own because it's made of many different cultures. Beautiful!!
That means America does have its own culture, one massive culture consisting of many unique ones blended together.
From what I see, America doesn't have a distinct culture. That is because we encourage others to keep their cultures and bring them into our country and stick with them. Our melting pot is no longer melting, just adding more ingredients. I have heard a lot of people say "I am not American I am such and such". But why is it so bad to be American when you live in America?
a year doesn't seem that long tbh. since they have multiple routines to learn and stances/forms to nail before actually preparing to perform. not to mention the physical strain would hurt like hell if you just jumped in without taking time to prepare and build your body
but all Americans do have culture, just a lot of people don't adapt to the american culture. and a time limit isn't earning anything. what if you still suck at the end of the year or are amazing 2 months in? what if 415City, what if? XD
A lot of this info isn’t true. I walked into my team practice for the first time and pick up a lion head and now after about 5-6 months I’m one of the better lion dancers on my team.
Grakae She said "typically"
i was across the park where they were filming
0:28 Freemason symbol on the right?
Yeah I there was one on the door earlier too.
Strange
THATS MY COUSINNNN! I'm so surprised! Good job!👍🤗
Are they still with the club?
Love me some multi culture.
Absolutely love lion dancing. Also great that this babe is a total smokeshow
Modern lion dance vs traditional lion dance
almost at 1 million subs
That's so cool!
wait till you see the ones that step on high ass poles then youll be shocked
lol no, they not shocking. they just require training
Good. Lion. Dance
What team
in indonesia we called that "Barong Sai"
Renalldo Tirta Imanuel I think that's from the chinese dialect Bu Leng Sai, or Wu Long Shi in Mandarin
didn't know Aph China was a lion dancer
I am doing lion dance for my karate
i want to do a Chinese lion dance ;-;
WHERE is your school for lion dance located in chinatown?
strong woman.
early squad where you at?
I do lion dancing too xD
Are there any lion style in kung fu?
I was the lion dancer for my Chinese school long ago :/
this was so beautiful..
I got a lion less than 1 year
Rawr.
MASON
When i was a kid i thought it was a real like he was eating etc...
did you forgot your age because you just said a 20 something year old but are you just 20 or are you 20 with another number
is it witchcraft
How can you be 20 something years old and be a millenial? For beeing 20 you need to be born atleast in 1997. That is not even close to 2000
"Millennials (also known as Generation Y) are the demographic cohort following Generation X (mostly in western countries). There are no precise dates for when this cohort starts or ends; demographers and researchers typically use the early 1980s as starting birth years and the mid-1990s to early 2000s as ending birth years."
Do note that the kids graduating from high school today are not millenials. They are the next generation, normally referred to as Generation Z.
i thought it was dragon dancing
dragon dancing's also a thing, but its the one with the dragon mounted on sticks
Your sound like wendy's "with wendy"
A Masonic lion dance troupe?
0:51 wrong way to hold the lion head.
you can hold the lion head however feels comfortable :)
Their chamber is way to far forward and they are not deep enough
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Why the free mason symbol ??
Chinese Freemasons = Heaven and Earth Society, also known as Triads
67th ;)
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They're not even that good. It's just that they speak good English.
4rth!
since when lion dance ward off evil spirits in the tang dynasty isn't it the lion where people are scared of cuz it eats ppl in the Chinese new year period?
wot no fam
tan hui en it's different. This lion called 'ba rong sai', the one who scared and eat people during the chinese new year is called 'nián'
well that's what i know
I bet she is 29 turning 30.... 20 something millenial lol good choice of words
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this team doesn’t have great head movement
20 something year old doasent know her own age 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Im pretty sure she said 20 something because she didnt want to expose her real age
LOL, so much BS.
LIONESSDANCING,I was taught LIONKMPO and have won a few competitions with this:thanks via JESUS OF CALVARY(BUDDHISM).
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