Flower-drum dreams – 5th Yunlin County Flower-Drum Art Festival

The 5th Yunlin County Flower-Drum Art Festival got underway on June 16, 2013 at Mamingshan Zhengan Temple (馬鳴山鎮安宮登場). The day was jam-packed with a whole host of fun entertainment including a flower-drum competition and exciting performances from the Electric-Techno Neon Gods (電音三太子) and the Dondon Dance Group (咚咚舞蹈團), bringing a contemporary touch to the traditional flower-drum festival. More traditional performances included the energetic and lively Golden Flower-Drum Troupe (黃金花鼓隊), a group of elderly women with a joint age of over 1000 years, who swayed elegantly to the sound of the drums, showing no sign of ageing.

Baozhong Township (褒忠鄉) in Yunlin County is the smallest and least populated of the twenty-one townships in the county. However, thanks to the blossoming of flower-drum culture, it has now become a hotbed of culture and arts.

At present, flower-drum culture has spread to nine of the townships, with a total of thirteen flower-drum dance troupes; a number of junior high schools and four elementary schools have also formed troupes, each displaying its own unique dance steps and characteristics – the troupes have received numerous invitations to perform all over the island. The flower-drum heritage of the area seems to have reignited local people’s vitality and passion for the simple village way of life.

PeoPo 公民新聞 by 單車小賢

Flower-drum dreams – 5th Yunlin County Flower-Drum Art Festival
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(以下是中文對照)

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