Huang Dajia
Lineage & School of Heritage
Seventh-generation transmitter of the oral epic Buluotuo. At the age of fourteen he studied zuo mo, the performance of Mo rituals, under his father and his elder cousin, and became a mogong, a Mo ritual master.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
He was born into a family of mogong and of mountain-song singers. At the age of forty-four he became chairman of the Tianyang County Mountain Song Association. From 2003 to 2004 he served as the chief officiant at the sacrificial ceremony on Ganzhuang Mountain in Tianyang County. He had a powerful voice and an extraordinary memory, was thoroughly familiar with the Mo scriptures, and was skilled in both sacrificial songs and creation songs. Among the sacrificial songs, the representative pieces include Chaosheng Dadian Yishi Ge (Ritual Songs of the Pilgrimage Ceremony), Shi Bai Ge (Song of Ten Bows), Shi Gong Ge (Song of Ten Offerings) and Chang Zugong (Singing of the Ancestors). He devoted himself to transmitting Mo religious rituals and sacrificial songs, collated and collected dozens of Mo scriptures and songbooks, and was widely recognised by the local people.
Honors & Recognition
Male, Zhuang ethnic group, born in August 1944, died in February 2020, a native of Tianyang County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. National representative bearer of Buluotuo, a third-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Buluotuo Ⅰ-2
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