Read the text about the lion dance in Japan and complete the table with the information from the text.
The lion dance is called shishi-mai in Japanese. People perform it during New Year celebrations. Shishi-mai groups also perform at other important occasions such as business openings and weddings. Most forms of shishi-mai have one or more people performing the dance. The performers are excellent at acrobatics. One person controls the lion’s head and the other moves the lion’s body. The lion dances to the sounds of flutes and drums. The drummers and flute players often follow the lion around, but they do not dance with it.
The Japanese perform shishi-maito chase away bad spirits and to bring good luck.
Japanese lion dance (Múa sư tử ở Nhật) | |
Japanese name (Tên tiếng Nhật) | (1) shishi-mai |
Occasions (Dịp) | (2) New Year celebration (chào mừng năm mới) other important occasions (những dịp quan trọng khác) |
Number of performers (Số người biểu diễn) | one or more (một hoặc nhiều người) |
Skills (Những kĩ năng) | (3) controls the lion's head and moves the lion's body (điều khiển đầu con sư tử và di chuyển thân sư tử) |
Dance partner (Người nhảy chung) | no dance partner (không có người nhảy chung) |
Musical instruments (Nhạc cụ) | (4) flutes and drums (sáo và trống) |
Purposes (Mục đích) | to chase away (5) bad spirit (xua đuổi tà ma) to bring good luck (đem lại may mắn) |
