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JUNE 25-29; JULY 2-6, 2014 LOG SHEET #9 SMITHSONIAN FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL AUDIO/VIDEO LOG SHEET LOGGER/VIDEOGRAPHER: Alison Karfeld/Paul Motsuk MEMORY CARD NUMBER - TASCAM: FILE NAME: -169 MEMORY CARD NUMBER - ZOOM H2: FILE NAME: PRESENTER: Sue Twohy DATE/TIME: 7/14/14 5:00 PROGRAM: China STAGE: Tea House GROUP NAME: HUAR Opera REGION/STYLE: NW China [[2 columned table]] | PERFORMER(S) | INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION | | --- | --- | | Suonansunbin | Tibetan Qinghai p. | | Kong Weifang | Gansu province Han | | Caikangzhuoma | [[strikethrough]] Chinghai?[[/strikethrough]] Qinghai Tibetan | | Other: Ningxia | | | Tu, Baoan,Sular, | | | Dongxiang, Hai | | | Mongolian | | CONTENTS/NOTES (continue on back): 1. Sung in - - - province, 9 diff ethnic groups: 2. all 3 sing original song- the way their grandparents sang them 3. Learned songs through older men in the mountains, not formal study (uncles, etc.) Tibetan 4. 5. Songs sung not at home but in the mountains; most are love songs, some words a little dirty =) used to be part of feudal society 6. 7. 8. Huar song festivals were popular, tapes made since 60s so they could learn the style of specific singers.; since the 80s govt. has promoted singing these songs 1 big city there is 1 park Where you can sing HUAR all day long in Chinghai province; everywhere else it's discouraged. HUAR has a lot of metaphors that are slightly dirty/would not sing in front of their own elders/in public. 2 kinds of HUAR- A 1 tune only- just change the words B HuJAN? (180 diff. tunes), but usu. [[usually]] only sing 40 some named after diff. ethnicities