Cangyuan Wa Autonomous County

Wooden-drum practice in Cangyuan connects sound, movement and a shared performance space. Specific accounts describe how bodies gather and move around the drum.

A traditional timber-and-thatch Wa building identified as the wooden-drum house at Wengding Old Village. — The wooden-drum house at Wengding Old Village, Cangyuan: a building associated with Wa drum traditions.

Cangyuan Wa Autonomous County

A Circle Moving to the Wa Wooden Drum

In Cangyuan’s documented wooden-drum dance, linked hands, bending knees and a downward beat turn sound into collective movement.

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The wooden-drum house at Wengding Old Village, Cangyuan: a building associated with Wa drum traditions.瑞丽江的河水 · 2024-10-15 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗ Resized without cropping or upscaling; converted to WebP.