Dawacairen
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Tibetan, born in June 1958, a native of Yushu City, Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province. Born into a family of Guowa warrior dance performers, he was influenced by the family, loved dance from childhood, and received direct instruction in Guowa performance skills from his grandfather and father. At the age of 18 he became a Guowa performer, and at 26 he began to take disciples and teach; to date he has more than one thousand disciples. Both his performances and his teaching have won unanimous praise from the local people, and he has many times led the dance at the annual Yushu Prefecture Horse Racing Festival, at temple fairs and major ceremonial occasions in the villages, and during festivals. He has long devoted himself to the performance, collection, collation and transmission of Guowa and to the training of successors, with notable achievements.
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of Guowa (Yushu Warrior Dance), a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Guowa Ⅲ-130
Profile
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