The style of Wa dance is bold, rough and simple.
Mourning dance: a customary dance performed by the Wa nationality to mourn the famous deceased and appease the relatives of the deceased. It is popular in Nanla Township and Ban's hometown. The dance is not accompanied by musical instruments, but is led by the leading dancer and sung by all. The dancers form a circle and dance hand in hand facing the coffin. From beginning to end, the movements are only five movements: stamping, lifting legs, leaning slightly and stepping, and straightening up.
mortar-stick dance: a collective memorial dance for men and women in Yanshuai area to mourn those who have contributed to the stockade. The whole dance is accompanied by bamboo and two bells. Mortar sticks (used to pound rice) represent food and clothing, bamboo means housing, and bronze bells (horse bells) mean riding horses. The accompaniment is performed in double time. Without lyrics, the dance movements are light and flexible.
Lamu Bridge: The collective dance of men and women in the process of Lamu Bridge in Nuoliang area, which includes two parts: custom sacrifice and entertainment. The whole dance consists of Lamu Bridge and knife dance.
When dancing, the dancers stand in a figure of eight, singing and dancing while pulling the wooden bridge with rattan rope, without accompaniment. The main idea of the lyrics is to pray that the wooden bridge can reach its destination safely. After the completion of the bridge, two men danced with double knives accompanied by elephant-foot drums, cymbals, cymbals and gongs when killing pigs and cattle. The rigidity and strength of the knife dancer change with the rhythm of the accompaniment music.
Classification:
There are 13 kinds of Wa folk dances: wooden drum dance, mourning dance, mortar-stick dance, Lamuqiao dance, knife dance, sanxian dance, bee drum dance, singing, Bi Song dance, dancing, dancing without music, Lusheng dance and so on. * * * There are more than 7 kinds of jumps. The main features of the Wa dance are: complex lower limb movements, great changes in dance steps, double stamping and single kicking, one stamping, three stamping, three stamping and one kicking, one kicking, pushing the legs to the ground, etc. These features form a strong, bold, rough, simple and rich style of the whole Wa folk dance.
the dance of dancing is the most widespread and popular dance among the Wa people, which can be danced in almost every village. After liberation, after processing and sorting, the dance has been put on the art stage, screen and TV.
Knocking on wood and drum dance is one of the oldest and most representative folk dances widely spread in Wa villages. When the craftsman was satisfied with the wooden drum after making it, he carried it into the wooden drum room and put it on the shelf. Then everyone couldn't wait to beat the mallet and dance wildly.