Big Drum Dance

Sani Big Drum Dance was at first war dance to welcome the returning soldiers of triumph before Qing Dynasty, and later became ritual dance of old Sani people's funeral. After the founding of PRC, it appeared on stage and became a cultural show. There are usually 6 to 8 dancers who hold drum or cymbal or gong to circle to play drum and dance. With the sound of drums, people dance rhythmically and turn every three steps, having cheerful and passionate mood.

Drum & passion

In recent years, literary and art workers in Shilin have adapted Big Drum Dance into a group dance of dozens of or a hundred women. Sani women formation with big drums and heroic posture perform at grand events and celebrations with loud drum beats and vigorous dance, becoming beautiful scenery.

Little drummer

(Collected according to online information. Photo: Wang Limei)